As a mother, I know that homosexuals cannot biologically reproduce children; therefore, they must recruit our children. – Anita Bryant, 1977

You are digging for the answers until your fingers bleed, to satisfy the hunger, to satiate the need…. And as you pray in your darkness for wings to set you free, you are bound to your silent legacy. – Melissa Etheridge, "Silent Legacy," Yes I Am, 1993

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

Resolve to be thyself; and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery. – Matthew Arnold, "Self-Dependence," Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems,