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“People who exist at the margins of society are very much like Alice in Wonderland. They are not required to make the tough decision to risk their lives by embarking on an adventure of self-discovery. They have already been thrust beyond the city’s walls that keep ordinary people at a safe distance from the unknown. For at least some outsiders, “alienation” has destroyed traditional presumptions of identity and opened up the mythic hero’s path to the possibility of discovery. What outsiders discover in their adventures on the other side of the looking glass is the courage to repudiate self-contempt and recognise their “alienation” as a precious gift of freedom from arbitrary norms that they did not make and did not sanction. At the moment a person questions the validity of the rules, the victim is no longer a victim.”
― The Mythology of Transgression: Homosexuality As Metaphor
― The Mythology of Transgression: Homosexuality As Metaphor
“Never judge anyone by another's opinions. We all have different sides that we show to different people.”
― Valley of the Dolls
― Valley of the Dolls
“Never let anyone shame you into doing anything you don't choose to do. Keep your identity.”
― Valley of the Dolls
― Valley of the Dolls
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