"People define gay cinema solely by content: if there are gay characters in it, itâ€™s a gay film. . . .Â I think thatâ€™s really simplistic. Heterosexuality to me is a structure as much as it is a content. It is an imposed structure that goes along with the patriarchal, dominant structure that constrains and defines society. If homosexuality is the opposite or counter-sexual activity to that, then what kind of a structure would it be?"

Source : "What’s Happening to ‘Queer’ Cinema in the LGBT Film Boom?" by E. Alex Jung, www.vulture.com. May 16, 2018.

Todd Haynes

#Character Quotes #Gay Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“If I blow the conch and they don't come back; then we've had it. We shan't keep the fire going. We'll be like animals. We'll never be rescued." "If you don't blow, we'll soon be animals anyway.”
“I don't really know why I'm such an emotional person, that's just how I was born. It's a problem. It's not easy to be married to me.”
“It's an ancient and honorable term for the final step in any engineering project. Turn it on, see if it smokes.”

Source : "Falling Free". Book by Lois McMaster Bujold, 1988.
“Poetry holds the knowledge that we are alive and that we know we're going to die,”

Source : "Poet Marie Howe On 'What The Living Do' After Loss". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. October 19, 2011.
“He draws us to Himself by grace, by example, by power, by lovingness, by beauty, by pardon, and above all by the Blessed Sacrament. Every one who has had anything to do with ministering to souls has seen the power which Jesus has. Talent is not needed. Eloquence is comparatively unattractive. Learning is often beside the mark. Controversy simply repels... All the attraction of the Church is in Jesus, and His chief attraction is the Blessed Sacrament”

Source : Frederick William Faber (1855). “The blessed sacrament: or, The works and ways of God”, p.510
“The witches, the wise women, and the healers were also always the counselors. It's a whole other tradition of knowledge and learning that has been suppressed because it had political implications.”
“A fantasy of mine is to have an orgy with about six young college guys ranging from 18 to 22 in age.”
“You always want your films to go as far as they can.”

Source : "Sally Hawkins: 'You think adulthood will hit and you'll suddenly be capable'". Interview With Tom Lamont, www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2011.

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