"People who don't have gender dysphoria aren't going to catch it by watching me dance on television."

“If people walk out of the movie and they think about it, then that's quite something.”

Source : Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

“There is a strange and mighty race of people called the Americans who are rapidly becoming the coldest in the world because of this cruel, man-eating idol, lucre.”

Source : Edward Dahlberg (1967). “Alms for Oblivion”, U of Minnesota Press

“Makers of empire, they have fought for bigger things than crowns and higher seats than thrones.”

Source : Herbert Kaufman (1910). “The Winning Fight”

“People like to cherry-pick the parts of their career that they're either in the midst of or that they're the most proud of, but the truth is careers and lives are tapestries.”

“Women's childhood relationships with their fathers are important to them all their lives. Regardless of age or status, women who seem clearest about their goals and most satisfied with their lives and personal and family relationships usually remember that their fathers enjoyed them and were actively interested in their development.”

“Part of the human condition is that we all think that we are uniquely complex while everyone else is somewhat simpler to read. That is not true, of course. We all have our own dreams and hopes and wants and lust and heartaches. We all have our own brand of crazy”

Source : "Six Years". Book by Harlan Coben, 2013.

“Southerners will be polite until they are angry enough to kill you.”

“If you feel lost, disappointed, hesitant, or weak, return to yourself, to who you are, here and now and when you get there, you will discover yourself, like a lotus flower in full bloom, even in a muddy pond, beautiful and strong.”

Source : Masaru Emoto (2005). “The Secret Life of Water”, p.141, Simon and Schuster