"Our very sexual identities are artifices and illusions, the result of a lifetime of striving."

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Source : John Stoltenberg (2005). “Refusing to be a Man: Essays on Social Justice”, p.7, Routledge

John Stoltenberg

#Identity Quotes #Illusion Quotes #Lifetime Quotes

“An individual's arrogance is always in proportion to his lack of self-assurance.”

Source : Otto Weininger (2005). “Sex and Character: An Investigation of Fundamental Principles”, p.147, Indiana University Press
“Evil, by definition, is that which endangers the good, and the good is what we perceive as a value”
“I never knew [Alfred Stieglitz] to make a trip anywhere to photograph. His eye was in him, and he used it on anything that was nearby. Maybe that way he was always photographing himself.”
“I buy magazines. I'm not floating around in my own universe. I'm interested in everything.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Ridicule dishonors a man more than dishonor does.”
“What we refer to confidently as memory is really a form of storytelling that goes on continually in the mind and often changes with the telling.”

Source : William Maxwell, Christopher Carduff (2008). “Later novels and stories: The château, So long, see you tomorrow, stories and improvisations, 1957-1999”
“I grew up 60 minutes way from Richmond, in Charlottesville, Virginia and, as a child, I was obsessed with the Civil War. I used to do re-enactments and all that stuff.”

Source : "Billy Campbell Talks KILLING LINCOLN, Taking on the Iconic Figure, Putting on the Hat and Reenacting the Assassination, Plus Season 3 of AMC’s THE KILLING". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. February 14, 2013.
“Life is little more than a loan shark: It exacts a very high rate of interest for the few pleasures it concedes”

Source : Luigi Pirandello (1962). “To clothe the naked: and two other plays”

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