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“I demand wisdom from my fingers: at least they must sound human, and not like spoons and forks! The piano, however, is not a human being. It lies halfway between a friend and a rock. More responsive than a rock. More predictable than a friend.”
― Figure It Out
― Figure It Out
“All at once, a deep sadness descended. Why hadn't I known that such possibilities existed before? Why was my childhood a series of miseries and only in my most recent phase of adulthood did delight pop up?
Well, isn't queer adulthood, if one is lucky, having the impossible childhood of your desires?”
― Future Feeling
Well, isn't queer adulthood, if one is lucky, having the impossible childhood of your desires?”
― Future Feeling
“I’ve come to think of all my past selves as if they are my daughters. I want to stand up for them, to make sure that even when they were being very bad they were still loved and understood, even if only by their future self.”
― Caca Dolce: Essays from a Lowbrow Life
― Caca Dolce: Essays from a Lowbrow Life
“He’d write a character for himself. His character would be tall, much taller than he is now. And his sisters would recognize him as dashing. He’d have personal freedom, his own, a way to escape, to escape from them all.”
― Branwell: A Novel of the Brontë Brother
― Branwell: A Novel of the Brontë Brother
“The poetic line, a grave and timeless portal, requires a very simple password.”
― Figure It Out
― Figure It Out
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Art, Biography, Contemporary, Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Memoir, Music, Non-fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction
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