Lonely was much better than alone.

I have difficulties with contemporary language. Big difficulties. I counted, you know, something like 160 words have disappeared from the English language because of the use of the word "like." "I'm like, he's like" - not "thought," not "as if ."

Oppressive language does more than represent violence; it is violence; does more than represent the limits of knowledge; it limits knowledge.

if they put an iron circle around your neck I will bite it away

I want to discourage you from choosing anything or making any decision simply because it is safe. Things of value seldom are

Here I am not the one to throw out. No one steals my warmth and shoes because I am small. No one handles my backside. No one whinnies like sheep or goat because I drop in fear and weakness. No one screams at the sight of me. No one watches my body for how it is unseemly. With you my body is pleasure is safe is belonging. I can never not have you have me.

Books ARE a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind.