As we come to know, accept, and explore our feelings, they will become sanctuaries and fortresses and spawning grounds for the most radical and daring of ideas-the house of difference so necessary to change and the conceptualization of any meaningful action. |
Even the smallest victory is never to be taken for granted. Each victory must be applauded... |
Even the smallest victory is never to be taken for granted. Each victory must be applauded... |
Every woman I have ever loved has left her print upon me, where I loved some invaluable piece of myself apart from me--so different that I had to stretch and grow in order to recognize her. And in that growing, we came to separation, that place where work begins. |
I am deliberate and afraid of nothing. |
I have come to believe over and over again that what is most important to me must be spoken, made verbal and shared, even at the risk of having it bruised or misunderstood. |
I realize that if I wait until I am no longer afraid to act, write, speak, be, I'll be sending messages on a Ouija board, cryptic complaints from the other side |
I realize that if I wait until I am no longer afraid to act, write, speak, be, I'll be sending messages on a Ouija board, cryptic complaints from the other side |
I remember how being young and black and gay and lonely felt. A lot of it was fine, feeling I had the truth and the light and the key, but a lot of it was purely hell. |
If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive. |
It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. |
It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. |
Life is very short and what we have to do must be done in the now. |
Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge |
Our visions begin with our desires. |