Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.

I looked for perfection, and I found something better.

Human: That's stupid. Isn't there grass on both sides?

If desire did not dim the brain, nobody would ever get married, drunk, or fat. ~Val

I merely observe that all living things are manipulated. As long as there is a will, it is bent and twisted constantly. Only the dead are allowed the luxury of freedom, and then only because they want nothing, and therefore can't be thwarted.

What a laugh, though. To think that one human being could ever really know another. You could get used to each other, get so habituated that you could speak their words right along with them, but you never know why other people said what they said or did what they did, because they never even know themselves. Nobody understands anybody.

Quim," she said, "don't ever try to teach me about good and evil. I've been there, and you've seen nothing but a map.