Emily Marcel

“People have the right to call themselves whatever they like. That doesn't bother me. It's other people doing the calling that bothers me.”
― Octavia E. Butler

“He could see his uncles slugging each other with such force that they had to be in love. Strangers would never want to hurt each other that badly.”
― Sherman Alexie, The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

“Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

“Without much accuracy, with strangely little love at all, your family will decide for you exactly who you are, and they'll keep nudging, coaxing, poking you until you've changed into that very simple shape. ”
― Allan Gurganus, White People