Isabelle

“When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art

“Perhaps all my shifts from room to room were just social camouflage, but that wouldn't convey the magic of catharsis. Every bed-bound woman saw in me what they needed most, mistaking a single part for a multifaceted whole. Of course for me that resulted in terrible frustration mottled with a wonderful joy. For who on Earth can shape-shift through such dramatic social roles if not the genderqueer? Everyone in the transgender revolution knows how it feels to be mistaken, their pronouns casualties of misassumption. And while I wish I could attest to some resolution, to be genderqueer is to be in the thick of it.”
― Alex Stitt, Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity

“Sometimes the things we want most in life are the things that will kill us.”
― Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality