Resolve to be thyself; and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. – Matthew Arnold, "Self-Dependence," Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems, Category: Homosexuality
For a long time I thought I wanted to be a nun. Then I realized that what I really wanted to be was a lesbian. – Mabel Maney (b.1958) Category: Homosexuality
If horse racing is the sport of kings, then drag racing must be the sport of queens. – Bert Randolph Sugar (1937–2012) Category: Homosexuality
Trust a nitwit society like this one to think that there are only two categories — fag and straight. – Gore Vidal (1925–2012) Category: Homosexuality
I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speak the truth, and they never believe me. – Di Cavour Category: Diplomacy
Candid and generous and just. Boys care but little whom they trust. An error soon corrected — for who but learns in riper years. That man, when smoothest he appears, is most to be suspected? – William Cowper Category: Trust
There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital experience. – Rebecca West Category: Experience
