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“I love Christmas, not just because of the presents but because of all the decorations and lights and the warmth of the season.”
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“The anorexic body is held in the grip of will alone; its meaning is far from stable. What it says - 'Notice me, feed me, mother me' - is not what it means, for such attentions constitute an agonising test of that will, and also threaten to return the body to the dreaded 'normality' it has been such ecstasy to escape.”
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“I grew up in a highly Hispanic neighborhood. It was very rare to find any race other than Mexicans. I feel very comfortable around Spanish speakers and people from Mexico and people who don't always feel comfortable living in the U.S. because they are in fear of being deported.”
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“We set up the promised clinic for the sick and wounded Masai.”
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“Because I didn't have any queer, lesbian, female role models I hated my own femininity and had to look deep within myself to create an identity that worked for me. Pop culture just doesn't hand us enough variety to choose from.”
Source : "What would Beth Ditto do?" by Beth Ditto, www.theguardian.com. February 8, 2008. 
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“when we look up, it widens our horizons. we see what a little speck we are in the universe, so insignificant, and we all take ourselves so seriously, but in the sky, there are no boundaries. No differences of caste or religion or race.”
Source : Julia Gregson (2009). “East of the Sun: A Novel”, p.304, Simon and Schuster
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“When one is pretending, the entire body revolts.”
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“If there is to be reconciliation, first there must be truth.”
Source : Timothy B. Tyson (2004). “Blood Done Sign My Name: A True Story”, Crown Pub
