I am not interested in being a role model, or in fulfilling the expectations of others. I know I am of most use to others and to myself by being this unique self: Nature, I have noticed, is not particularly devoted to copies, and human beings needn't be either.

In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful.

no person is your friend (or kin) who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow and be perceived as fully blossomed as you were intended. Or who belittles in any fashion the gifts you labor so to bring into the world.

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.

The original crime of niggers and lesbians is that they prefer themselves.

The artist...is the voice of the people.

it is this broken road with pitfalls and sharp turns and unexpected traverses that has brought me joy and adventure.