36 Quotes About Gay-and-lesbian

I leave the kitchen table to bathe, and to dress for church. If only my closet held on its shelves an array of faces I could wear rather than dresses, I would know which face to put on today. As for the dresses, I haven't a clue.

Once," Fran says, settling against the worktable, folding her arms, "I knew this kid who very bravely and bossily came out of the closet when she was only fourteen years old. She told me then that we can't choose who we love. We just love the people we love, no mattter what anyone else might want for us. Wasn't that you?

To me there is no shame in telling the truth, but ironically, I think shame is usually the reason people don't.

If erotic writing is the objectification of sex, then reading is its subjectification.

Spending time looking for what is missing in your life is futile; if you fail to look within yourself. When we challenge everything we believe we are, we reveal that which we never knew about our own selves.

There is so much joy in the world, and I have bled to find the sun.

It's official, then. Everyone knew I was gay before I did.

Courage is knowing that you're beaten and forging ahead anyway.

I oppose same-sex marriage but I would advance equal rights in employment for gay and lesbian people. I appointed a few judges who were gay and I had few people in my cabinet that I found out were gay. I never asked peoples sexual orientation.