Moon

“Why do you turn me on? It’s that you want me when there are so many reasons you shouldn’t. That turns me on. Your hunger, your deprivation turn me on. I don’t care why your wife won’t fuck you properly; it’s satisfaction enough simply knowing she won’t. All the risk is yours, but I’ll wade out into it with you. I’ve always enjoyed playing in the deep end.”
― Deesha Philyaw, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

“The Bible is the inerrant word of God,' Eula whispers, as defiantly as a whisper can be.

'And you only believe that because of how another group of men interpret the first group of men. People say you're supposed to put your faith in God, not men.”
― Deesha Philyaw, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

“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

“There’s an old saying: mothers raise their daughters and love their sons.”
― Deesha Philyaw, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies