The only important elements in any society are the artistic and the criminal, because they alone, by questioning the societyโs values, can force it to change.
Samuel R. DelanyThe idea that certain things in life - and in the universe - don't yield up their secrets is something that requires a slightly more mature reader to accept.
Samuel R. DelanyThe reason for privacy is not so that people will not know you go to the bathroom. It's to allow certain things to go on that you don't want other people to know about, when all is said and done. But the things I don't want other people to know about are not my sex life.
Samuel R. Delany