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“The single best thing about coming out of the closet is that nobody can insult you by telling you what you've just told them.”
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“When you love someone, you have to offer that person the best you have. The best thing we can offer another person is our true presence.”
― No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering
― No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering
“It is said that God has created man in his own image. But it may be that humankind has created God in the image of humankind.”
― Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers
― Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers
“It will be recorded that the dead in the first decade of the calamity died of our indifference.”
― Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir
― Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir
“All too often women believe it is a sign of commitment, an expression of love, to endure unkindness or cruelty, to forgive and forget. In actuality, when we love rightly we know that the healthy, loving response to cruelty and abuse is putting ourselves out of harm's way.”
― All About Love: New Visions
― All About Love: New Visions
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