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“Perhaps all my shifts from room to room were just social camouflage, but that wouldn't convey the magic of catharsis. Every bed-bound woman saw in me what they needed most, mistaking a single part for a multifaceted whole. Of course for me that resulted in terrible frustration mottled with a wonderful joy. For who on Earth can shape-shift through such dramatic social roles if not the genderqueer? Everyone in the transgender revolution knows how it feels to be mistaken, their pronouns casualties of misassumption. And while I wish I could attest to some resolution, to be genderqueer is to be in the thick of it.”
― Alex Stitt, Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identity

“When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art

“Sometimes the things we want most in life are the things that will kill us.”
― Donald Miller, Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality