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“A country is only as strong as its most vulnerable people...You know from our own library that bad people always go after transvestites first, no matter the country or culture. They are the first ones removed when an environment turns poisonous. What makes it more worrisome is you represent everything. You represent housing and job security and access to healthcare. You represent workers' rights and voting rights and full stomachs and freedom. And perhaps most importantly of all, you represent the right to body and personhood. You represent a country not owning you, not using you however benefits a select few at the top. You represent a country of a people, not a country of the dominant. If transvestites are under attack, then the whole of the country is on the brink of destruction. If transvestites are cared for, the resto f us are cared for. You touch everything a strong society has to offer. We could work, we could eat, we could be healthy, we could live in safe homes, we could decline to fight in unnecessary wars. Our country would be honest. We would no longer be tricked. Our country would take care of us and we, in turn, would take care of our country. So as long as transvestites are okay, we know society is, too. That's why I'm here for you. Because I love my country.”
― The Lilac People
― The Lilac People
“That was but a prelude; where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people as well.”
― The Lilac People
― The Lilac People
“I mean, we have KISSED. sort of. platonically made out.”
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“*Tori opens the door onto Nick and Charlie kissing*
"What's up" - Charlie
"I got those pens you wanted" - Tori
"Oh. Thanks"
"..."
"What??"
*Tori glances at Nick* "well done" said smirkly
BAHAHAHA GO GURL GO!!”
― Heartstopper: Volume Two
"What's up" - Charlie
"I got those pens you wanted" - Tori
"Oh. Thanks"
"..."
"What??"
*Tori glances at Nick* "well done" said smirkly
BAHAHAHA GO GURL GO!!”
― Heartstopper: Volume Two
“Do you think every man is miserable, Bertie?” “Some more than others. But yes, I believe every man. None of us naturally fits every criterion demanded of us. But some of us have to work harder at it than others because some of us have so much more to lose if we don’t.”
― The Lilac People
― The Lilac People
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