The important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself. – Gore Vidal (1925–2012)

I became a lesbian out of devout Christian charity. All those women out there are praying for a man and I gave them my share. – Rita Mae Brown

Trust a nitwit society like this one to think that there are only two categories — fag and straight. – Gore Vidal (1925–2012)

If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality. – James Baldwin, “Disturber of the Peace,” interview with Eve Auchincloss and Nanc