Quotes About Acceptance

rare post-gay film in which no one is tortured about being gay, no one gets bullied, no one is ashamed, no one has tearfully passionate coming-out scenes, and there's no gay suffering at all—there's a murder, but it's over money. And isn't this, in our new acceptance of gay lives and equality, whether black or white, the more progressive view?

the sweet and smiley and sexually unthreatening elf with liberal values and a positive attitude is supposed to transform everyone into noble gay-loving protectors—again, as long as the gay in question toes the party line, isn't messy or too sexual, negative or angry and offers no contradictions and is certainly not conservative or Christian.

What is this bullshit—it is what it is?

American Psycho was about what it meant to be a person in a society you disagreed with and what happened when you attempted to accept and live with its values even if you knew they were wrong. Delusion and anxiety were the focal points.

No negativity allowed: we're only asking to be admired in the display culture we were raised in.

Why did the killer stalk the sorority girls in Black Christmas? Why was Regan possessed in The Exorcist? Why was the shark cruising around Amity? Where did Carrie White's powers come from? There were no answers, just as there were no concrete connect-the-dot justifications of daily life's randomness: shit happens, deal with it, stop whining, take your medicine, grow the fuck up.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.

God is not the tribal deity of one group of "chosen" people. God is not for us and against all others. God is for us and for them, too. God loves everyone everywhere, no exceptions.

the only viable response to religious hostility is love, empathy, compassion, understanding—not more hostility. (What could be more pathetic than a hostile fight against hostility?)

Church!" she cried. "Why would I ever go there? I was already feeling terrible about myself. They'd just make me feel worse.

and metaphorical message that required me to face life's paradoxes squarely and be humbled by them.

This moment was perfect, regardless of what had come before and what would come tomorrow. He

Change requires sacrifice. Cahnge requires acceptance of your sins.

Change requires sacrifice. Change requires acceptance of your sins.

Life's about making choices, Dylan. This was my choice. I don't have a single regret.

blissful as ignorance

We must face our responsibilities regardless of whether we get what we want.

Looking around, Ishmael noted that the humans in control here didn't seem to care. Why is their religious fervor acceptable, while ours is a matter of scorn?

So I have failed you?" "Not at all. Your human frailties are not your fault.

A man may flee swiftly, and far, but he can never run from himself. —Zensunni aphorism

Even a Duke or an Emperor cannot always control the universe, young Master. It is best to be prepared for that eventuality.

Those who are half alive demand what is missing in them, but deny it when it is presented to them, and they fear the proof of their own insufficiency.

If a man can accept his sin, he can live with it. If a man cannot accept personal sin, he suffers unbearable consequences. —Meditations from Bifrost Eyrie, Buddislamic Text

Death can be a friend, but only if he comes calling at the right time. —Navachristianity text (disputed translation)