Latest Quotes

“Why do we electrocute men for murdering an individual and then pin a purple heart on them for mass slaughter of someone arbitrarily labeled 'enemy?'”

— Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals Of Sylvia Plath

“So, now I shall talk every night. To myself. To the moon. I shall walk, as I did tonight, jealous of my loneliness, in the blue-silver of the cold moon, shining brilliantly on the drifts of fresh-fallen snow, with the myriad sparkles. I talk to myself and look at the dark trees, blessedly neutral. S…”

— Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals Of Sylvia Plath

“So I encourage everyone to do more than seek out a label - seek out yourself”

— Equality Speaks, Labels - Sexuality & Gender

“My gender is a murmuration of starlings. My sexuality is a chainsaw made of lavender.”

— Casey Rocheteau, The Dozen by Casey Rocheteau

“In the face of hate and violence, we will love one another. We will not give in to fear.”

— Barack Obama, via twitter.com

“And so, what are we left with, besides the awareness that even in our refuges we are not safe?”

— Saeed Jones, There Is No Such Thing As A "Safe" City For Queer People

“we are not a people born of sin and belligerent scripture... ...am I not human? is this not flesh I feel?”

— onniki pooka, Pulse

“When I say ‘women,’ I just mean ‘not men,’’ I have heard people protest when these issues are brought up — and I get that. It’s easier. It’s simple: 'women’ equals 'not men.’ But for many of us, neither are applicable terms. And when groups refuse to acknowledge or engage in conversations about marg…”

— Sam Escobar, On Being Non-Binary in Female-Centric Spaces — Femsplain

“When I asked [my dad why the sky was blue] he said it was because God’s a boy. If God were a girl, the sky would be pink. ‘What about sunrise and sunset?’ I’d asked. Dad had looked dumbfounded. 'You kids. You think too much.’ It frightened me how shallow the gene pool was that Liam and I were wading…”

— Julie Anne Peters, Luna

“His body is a mosque, my God, his strong shoulders, his soft chest, his handsome hands, I hear the call of prayer every time I lay my head close to his heart.”

— Royla Asghar, The Prayer I Pray

“Come close to me, come closer. I promise you it will be beautiful.”

— Anaïs Nin, Henry and June: From "A Journal of Love" -The Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin

“There are times when I am convinced I am unfit for any human relationship.”

— Franz Kafka, Franz Kafka - Collected Works

“Gently, we howl at the stars together. Gently, we swallow each other whole.”

— Emily Palermo, Quote:  Emily Palermo, Love in the Time of Monsters (via mythaelogy)

“A person of good intelligence and sensitivity cannot exist in this society very long without having some anger about the inequality - and it’s not just a bleeding-heart, knee-jerk, liberal kind of a thing - it is just a normal human reaction to a nonsensical set of values where we have cinnamon flav…”

— George Carlin, via Tumblr

“If you can separate the KKK and Westboro from Christianity then you should be able to separate ISIS from Islam.”

— Anonymous, via Tumblr

“I am proud to announce that after 14+ hours on the floor, we will have a vote on closing the terror gap & universal background checks.”

— Chris Murphy, via twitter.com

“We’re seeing a year-on-year decline of text…If I was having a bet I’d say: video, video, video.”

— Nicola Mendelsohn, Facebook is predicting the end of the written word

“You aren’t a lot to handle. You’re magnificent. You aren’t a lot to handle. You’re just fine. You aren’t a lot to handle. You’re just YOU.”

— Kendra Syrdal, Here’s To The Girls Who Are A Lot To Handle

“Heaven means different things to different people.”

— Ben Okri, The Famished Road

“I can be whatever. I can wear shoes or don't wear shoes. I can tie my hair up or wear it down. It doesn't matter.”

— Joss Stone, quotlr.com