Like Bowie’s Sixties “childhood” songs, it’s a boy’s idea of manhood as being like joining a Scout troop. Uncage the colors! Unfurl the flag! A bisexual man imagining a gay fantasy of straight life. Masculinity as a pose, an absurdity, an
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“My brain hums with scraps of poetry and madness.”
― Selected Letters
― Selected Letters
“One cannot bring children into a world like this. One cannot perpetuate suffering, or increase the breed of these lustful animals, who have no lasting emotions, but only whims and vanities, eddying them now this way, now that.”
― Mrs. Dalloway
― Mrs. Dalloway
“You may think these streets are yours to walk, but they belonged to someone else before: the queers, the hobos, the junkies, the trannies, the prozzies - those streets were theirs before they were yours so be careful, you may find you have to wipe your shoes clean before going into your nice apartment.”
― Nothing but My Body
― Nothing but My Body
“No, she thought, one could say nothing to nobody. The urgency of the moment always missed its mark. Words fluttered sideways and struck the object inches too low.”
― To the Lighthouse
― To the Lighthouse
“As we are a doomed race, chained to a sinking ship, as the whole thing is a bad joke, let us, at any rate, do our part; mitigate the suffering of our fellow-prisoners; decorate the dungeon with flowers and air-cushions; be as decent as we possibly can.”
― Mrs. Dalloway
― Mrs. Dalloway
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