Prejudice usually can't survive close contact with the people who are supposed to be so despicable, which is why the propagandists for hate always preach separation.

Responsibility without power is a really bad deal.

The scars are a way of reminding me that the past is real. They are honorable.

By coming out to ourselves, we free up the energy we spent keeping a part of ourselves hidden.

If your relationship with someone is based on your desire for them to change into something radically different, there's no real closeness there, no real communication.

When you're hurting another person, past a certain point you're cracking them open and whatever's inside them gets all over you. So you should kinda check out whether you want that to happen.

Boy lovers and the lesbians who have young lovers... are not child molesters. The child abusers are priests, teachers, therapists, cops and parents who force their staid morality onto the young people in their custody.