93 Quotes by Armistead Maupin

Look," said Mary Ann evenly, "if I think you're really attractive, there must be plenty of men in this town who feel the same way.""Yeah," said Michael ruefully. "Size queens.""Oh, don't be silly!" Sometimes Michael was sensitive about the dumbest things. He's at least five nine, thought Mary Ann. That's tall enough for anybody.

We’re gonna be … I mean people like you and me … we’re gonna be fifty-year-old libertines in a world full of twenty-year-old Calvinists.

Small world, huh?”She grinned lewdly. “Not particularly. I’d say you’ve just run out of material.

She told me about the cop. And the movie star, and the construction worker. You're not having a life Michael, you're fucking the Village People one at a time

The little pool was lighted now, the same glowing green-or so I imagined-as the eyes of the cats who slept in the shadows around it.

I've always believed you can get closer to the truth by pretending not to speak it.

The world changes in direct proportion to the number of people willing to be honest about their lives.

Being in love is the only transcendent experience.

I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers.