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“Both Iris and Reese had a sense of themselves as trans elders; despite only being in their late twenties, they were, in trans age, much older than even that trio of just-out forty-somethings sitting together on a checkered blanket.”
― Detransition, Baby
― Detransition, Baby
“The thing I loved most about theatre was that being a theatre kid was an easy explanation for the reason I didn't fit in.”
― I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are: Essays and Other Stuff
― I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are: Essays and Other Stuff
“Thirty years now I have laboured to dredge the slit from your throat. I am none the wiser.”
― The Colossus
― The Colossus
“The future is what matters because one never reaches it, but always stays in the present.”
― The Journals of Sylvia Plath
― The Journals of Sylvia Plath
“I am a theatre kid. That means I'm desperate to be the best, desperate to please, desperate to never let anybody down. There is no room for failure, because failure equals weakness, which equals death.”
― I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are: Essays and Other Stuff
― I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are: Essays and Other Stuff
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