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

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

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.

The world hid its head in the sands of convention, so that by seeing nothing it might avoid Truth.

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

the realization of great mutual love can at times be so overwhelming a thing, that even the bravest of hearts may grow fearful.

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