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

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

clothes, after all, are a form of self-expression.

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

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

Language is surely too small a vessel to contain these emotions of mind and body that have somehow awakened a response in the spirit.