"The middle years are ones in which children increasingly face conflicts on their own,... One of the truths to be faced by parentsduring this period is that they cannot do the work of living and relating for their children. They can be sounding boards and they can probe with the children the consequences of alternative actions."

“Some persons have lived manly or womanly lives, and they lack but one thing - open confession of the Lord Jesus Christ. Some men think that they must come to him in a certain way - that they must be stirred by emotion or something like that.”

“Hollywood hasn't changed. It is the most racist, anti-Indian institution in the world.”

“The hardest work begins in dry dock.”

“The fathers, if they got me alone, would try to kiss and fondle me. I hated it.”

Source : Christine Keeler, Douglas Thompson (2012). “Secrets and Lies: Now Profumo is Dead, I Can Finally Reveal the Truth About the Most Shocking Scandal in British Politic”, p.35, John Blake Publishing

“The thing that concerns me more than anything is when anybody becomes closed off and exclusive of other people's ideas. All of our brains are in the same mode of searching when trying to understand reality, and when we come to a belief system that makes sense to us we hold it strongly, whether it's an atheist view, or a Christian view, or a Muslim view, whatever, then it's very hard to let go and I think it's so important to try to foster dialogue.”

Source : Interview with Rahasya Poe, lotusguide.com. September 1, 2010.

“If I'm not with a butch everyone just assumes I'm straight. It's like I'm passing too, against my will. I'm sick of the world thinking I'm straight. I've worked hard to be discriminated against as a lesbian”

Source : Leslie Feinberg (2010). “Stone Butch Blues”, p.275, ReadHowYouWant.com

“He who fears he will suffer, already suffers from his fear.”

“I smoked pot in college and in the Army...”