Man could not live by darkness alone, one point of light he must have for salvation -- one point of light.

in this world there is only toleration for the so-called normal.

Do try to remember this: even the world's not so black as it is painted" -Valerie to Stephen (pg. 408)

You're neither unnatural, nor abominable, nor mad; you're as much a part of what people call nature as anyone else; only you're unexplained as yet -- you've not got your niche in creation. ~ The Well of Loneliness, 1928

It is bad for the soul to know itself a coward, it is apt to take refuge in mere wordy violence.

[On homosexuality:] Our love may be faithful even unto death and beyond - yet the world will call it unclean.

I have put my pen at the service of some of the most persecuted and misunderstood people in the world. So far as I know nothing of the kind has ever been attempted before in fiction.