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“So there you have it. Philosophy, Law, Literature, and the Economy, all sacrificed to the glorious cause of War. How splendid is that?”
― Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being

“It is very trying to be friends with someone who's right all the time.”
― Melinda Taub, The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch

“The clearest metaphor I had for my own gender identity in college was the image of a scale. A huge weight had been placed on one side, without my permission. I was constantly trying to weigh down the other side. But the end goal wasn't masculinity - the goal was
b a l a n c e.”
― Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer: A Memoir

“As I pondered a pronoun change, I began to think of gender less as a scale and more as a landscape. Some people are born in the mountains, while others are born by the sea. Some people are happy to live in the place they were born, while others must make a journey to reach the climate in which they can flourish and grow. Between the ocean and the mountains is a wild forest. That is where I want to make my home.”
― Maia Kobabe, Gender Queer: A Memoir