"When I was writing the book, I thought "Who wants to hear another story about some actor who lost his way?" But my story is a little unique in that I realized when I was 14 years old that I was different. I think a lot of gay people use drugs and alcohol to quell that fear and shame - especially people of my age."

-- Leslie Jordan

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Gay Quotes

“This world is full of broken things: broken hearts, broken promises, broken people,”

Source : John Connolly (2008). “The Unquiet: A Thriller”, p.3, Simon and Schuster
“Statism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing.”
“Thanksgiving is a magical time of year when families across the country join together to raise America's obesity statistics. Personally, I love Thanksgiving traditions: watching football, making pumpkin pie, and saying the magic phrase that sends your aunt storming out of the dining room to sit in her car.”
“Hope for the best and make peace with the rest.”
“The past is a closed door.”
“True healing means drawing the circle of our being larger and becoming more inclusive, more capable of loving. In this sense, healing is not for the sick alone, but for all humankind.”

Source : "Healers on Healing". Book by Richard Carlson, ‎Benjamin Shield (p. 36), 1989.
“I do not feel I could give up all for Christ, were I called to die.”
“Our sense of being a person can come from being drawn into a wide social unit; our sense of selfhood can arise through the little ways in which we resist the pull. Our status is backed by the solid buildings of the world, while our sense of personal identity often resides in the cracks”

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