"Raw and delicate, poignant and poetic, Shelby Smoakâ€™s Bleeder exposes the sorrow and sometimes sweetness of coming to age with HIV. In a world of misunderstanding and stigmas, the young Smoak searches for love and acceptance, and his readers canâ€™t help but find themselves becoming emotionally attached to him. His is an observant and encompassing story, noticing the brilliance of existence that others might take for granted. The sunsets written here are more lovely than in life."

-- Jenny Boully

#Sunset Quotes #Acceptance Quotes #Lovely Quotes

“When I did comedy I made fun of myself. If there was a buffoon, I played the buffoon.”
“A poem is not an expression, nor is it an object. Yet it somewhat partakes of both. What a poem is is never to be known, for which I have learned to be grateful.”

Source : Hayden Carruth (1989). “Tell Me Again how the White Heron Rises and Flies Across the Nacreous River at Twilight Toward the Distant Islands”, p.11, New Directions Publishing
“I have three closets in my bedroom.”
“A brilliant and challenging discussion presented with extraordinary clarity.”
“I acquired that drinker's face before I drank. Drink only confirmed it. The space for it existed in me.”
“I am a committed European; a united Europe is Romania's future.”
“For so long, I was searching for something to be proud of. But at a certain point, I realized, 'Wait, I'm doing what I want to be doing. I'm not wanting to do it; I'm doing it.' And that's awesome.”
“When a man carries a gun all the time, the respect he thinks he's getting might really be fear. So I don't carry a gun because I don't want the people of Mayberry to fear a gun. I'd rather they respect me.”

Source : "Fictional character: Andy Taylor". TV Series "The Andy Griffith Show", 1960-1968.

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