“Everybody's scared, but if you don't let your fears stop you, that's bravery.”

“Some mistakes in life are not punishable, others teach you a lesson you never forget.”

“More exists among human beings than can be answered by the simplistic question I'm hit with every day of my life: "Are you a man or a woman?”

“I felt as though I was rushing into a burning building to discover the ideas I needed for my own life.”

“We have not always been forced to pass, to go underground, in order to work and live. We have a right to live openly and proudly...when our lives are suppressed, everyone is denied an understanding of the rich diversity of sex and gender expression and experience that exist in human society.”

“If I'm not with a butch everyone just assumes I'm straight. It's like I'm passing too, against my will. I'm sick of the world thinking I'm straight. I've worked hard to be discriminated against as a lesbian.”

“I began to feel the pleasure of the weightless state between here and there.”