“Never suffer because you don't have an opinion on this or that topic. Never suffer because you are not something or because you are.”
― Near to the Wild Heart
― Near to the Wild Heart
“Oh, living is so uncomfortable. Everything presses in: the body demands, the spirit never ceases, living is like being weary but being unable to sleep–living is upsetting. You can’t walk around naked, either in body or in spirit.”
― The Stream of Life
― The Stream of Life
“To indoctrinate boys into the rules of patriarchy, we force them to feel pain and to deny their feelings.”
― The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
― The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
“Who hasn't asked himself, am I a monster or is this what it means to be human?”
― The Hour of the Star
― The Hour of the Star
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