"Sin is blatant mutiny against God, and either sin or God must die in my life."

“I like to be admired from afar, and then complimented up close.”

“Being called gay is worse than transgender. I remember when I started fighting way back in 1999 for hijas' rights, and I said the state doesn't have the right to use my gender to club me into "gay." If I say I am not a man then who are you to question it? Being called gay or a man really upsets me.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

“It's true that climate change is an unprecedented problem so it's not surprising that it's so difficult to address.”

“There is no cloud above my head - there is not even a mist.”

Source : "South Africans expect record turnout of 80% for elections" by David Smith, www.theguardian.com. April 21, 2009.

“I wanted to know how humans came up with a view of the world that had so little magic in it. I needed to understand how they convinced themselves that magic wasn’t important.”

Source : Deborah Harkness (2011). “A Discovery of Witches: A Novel”, p.71, Penguin

“I'm pretty easy going, I think.”

Source : "MTV 'Awkward's' Beau Mirchoff says Matty and Jenna 'Might Work Out At the End'". Interview with Jethro Nededog, www.hollywoodreporter.com. August 23, 2011.

“Sometimes in the past when I was going to perform a piece again I would listen to old recordings and try to reproduce the material. This time I realized that carrying around old information, trying to get everything in, and still be in the moment just doesn't work.”

“Imagine that you're a gay man and you're spending all your time with people who believe you are possessed by the devil.”