"Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?"

-- Ernest Gaines

#Respect Quotes #Integrity Quotes #Gay Quotes

“Love means to look at yourself The way one looks at distant things For you are only one thing among many.”

Source : "Rescue". Book by Czeslaw Milosz, 1945.
“The only way to get vegetables at a diner late night is to order the omelette. A feta cheese and broccoli omelette.”
“I stayed under the moon too long.I am silvered with lust.Dreams flick like minnows through my eyes.My voice is trees tossing in the wind.I loose myself like a flock of blackbirdsstorming into your face.My lightest touch leaves blue prints,bruises on your mind.Desire sandpapers your skinso thin I read the veins and arteriesmaps of routes I will traveltill I lodge in your spine.The night is our fur.We curl inside it licking.”
“Just because you fail once, doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything. Keep trying, hold on, and always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don't, then who will, sweetie? So keep your head high, keep your chin up, and most importantly, keep smiling, because life's a beautiful thing and there's so much to smile about.”
“Are you nervous about no longer being a big fish in a small pond?”
“Struggle is actually something that is important to the process of understanding what true happiness is.”
“There are many stories I've wanted to write that I'm simply not able to - sometimes I haven't found the way in yet, and it doesn't matter how hard I try.”
“The single best thing about honesty is that it requires no follow-up.”

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