Clarke

“They [humans] have not yet evolved into an understanding of their individual selves as merely parts of a whole, first of all humanity, their own species, let alone achieving a conscious knowledge of humanity as part of Nature; plants, animals, birds, insects, reptiles, all these together making a small chord in the Cosmic Harmony.”
― Doris Lessing, Briefing for a Descent Into Hell

“...Perhaps I'm being histrionic, trying to displace my actual grief with this imaginary trauma.”
― Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

“There's something about being told you're worthy from another person that feels better than when you tell yourself in a mirror.”
― Bob the Drag Queen, Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert