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

This is one of the reasons we need to transition: people can't validate an identity they can't see.

A lot of people who are depressed, I think, are suffering from blocked creativity.

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.

As an activist, you gotta pick something that's particularly interesting to you and go for it - because there's no shortage of things to do. And it's sort of a long-term commitment. Activism is for life.

Responsibility without power is a really bad deal.

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.