In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man; either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation. – Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986)

Mothers, tell your children: be quick, you must be strong. Life is full of wonder, love is never wrong. Remember how they taught you, how much of it was fear. Refuse to hand it down — the legacy stops here. – Melissa Etheridge, "Silent Legacy," Yes I Am, 1993

There is nothing wrong with going to bed with someone of your own sex. People should be very free with sex, they should draw the line at goats. – Elton John (b.1947)

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