xX Isabel Xx
(Parenthetical Poet)
A novelist, the sister of John of Gaunt, the expellor of the moors from the alhambra, the third wife of juan peron, a ship sunk in the Fa.lklands, the stepsister of Baldwin and Sibylla of Jerusalem, and a heretic burned in Toledo.
Which is saying something.
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'Why are you afraid, when whatever you do, you will die anyway?'
Lighthousekeeping, by Jeanette Winterson
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I live in London, the new navel of the Universe, I'm an egaliterian, and I think Trotsky was the coolest person ever to wear a leather coat, which is a difficult title to win. I hate Tracy Emin, and I like to make up words that only mean anything to Etymologists. I like heat-be-gone booties, and wearing ribbons that serve no purpose. I like the magic of words, and I like people who believe the impossible, and recognise quotations. I like regional accents, and I hate country towns because there's too much fresh air, and it makes me giddy. I like famous detectives who love their wives, and myths and legends that are about hidden worlds.
I am firmly convinced that I will live forever.
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Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas
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Flame if you must.
I enjoy a good argument