Ada

“That woman cares about you. I don’t know what you are to one another, but I can tell that. There’s the way she looks at you like you’re the only thing in the room. That is something very important, Eva. When someone looks at you like you’re the only one there, that’s not something to turn away from.”
― Nicole Pyland, The Best Lines

“Do people always fall in love with things they can't have?'

'Always,' Carol said, smiling, too.”
― Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt

“Within the history of lesbianism from the archaic Greek poet Sappho from the Isle of Lesbos, who is the symbol of lust, passion and sensuality between women, to Sister Benedetta Carlini’s deeply erotic love affair with another nun, to the 10th century Arab erotic work, Encyclopedia of Pleasure, which gives the account of a love affair between a Christian and an Arab woman, to modern day same-sex marriages and Pride parades, there is certainly place for Anne Bonny and Mary Read.”
― Karl Wiggins, Wrong Planet - Searching for your Tribe

“I am not here to entertain straight people.”
― Sarah Schulman