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"There is nothing inherently painful about being cheated on."

"There is a resemblance between men and women, not a contrast. When a man begins to recognize his feeling, the two unite. When men accept the sensitive side of themselves, they come alive."

"As if that blind rage had washed me clean, rid me of hope; for the first time, in that night alive with signs and stars, I opened myself to the gentle indifference of the world. Finding it so much like myself-so like a brother, really-I felt that I had been happy and that I was happy again. For everything to be consummated, for me to feel less alone, I had only to wish that there be a large crowd of spectators the day of my execution and that they greet me with cries of hate."

"I miss you something awful sometimes."

"Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart."

"There is a blue bird in my heart that wants to get out."

"One should hold fast one's heart; for when one letteth it go, how quickly doth one's head run away!"

"Clean your tears and stop crying, you are not the only one with a broken heart."
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"I never wanted children. If I'd been deeply in love with a man and he'd wanted children, it would have been difficult."

"Always in my books, I like to throw that rogue element into a stable situation and then see what happens."

"If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what's crushing you."

"I think heterosexuality and homosexuality are a kind of psychosis, and the truth is somewhere in the middle."

"However it is debased or misinterpreted, love is a redemptive feature. To focus on one individual so that their desires become superior to yours is a very cleansing experience."
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