Harry Tanner > Quotes

“Little girls and boys grow up knowing they will get married; they sketch out the geography of their future relationships long before they even feel physical attraction. For queer people, desire arrives unannounced - it comes as a lightning bolt through a clear-blue sky. I knew I couldn't tell anyone. I had to keep it secret from him, from the world, and at times even from myself.”
― Harry Tanner, The Queer Thing About Sin: Why the West Came to Hate Queer Love