“Enemies are often former or potential friends who have been denied - or think that they have been denied - something.”
“so many things I long for have so often been denied”
“So much has been given to me I have not time to ponder over that which has been denied.”
“How many things have been denied one day, only to become realities the next!”
“Writing can be a lifeline, expecially when your existence has been denied, especially when you have been left on the margins, especially when your life and process of growth have been subjected to attempts at strangulation.”
“I've grown certain that the root of all fear is that we've been forced to deny who we are.”