Quotes About Acceptance

you will rip yourself to shreds to prove that I am worth loving. you will not hear the chorus of everyone I've let down

Some of us loved. Some of us couldn't. Some of us were loved. Some of us weren't. Some of us never understood what the fuss was about. Some of us wanted it so badly that we died trying. Some of us swear we died of heartbreak, not AIDS.

I was always thinking in terms of too much or not enough, rarely allowing myself that crucial space in between. Except when he was around. Except when we were really together. Then I could forget—I couldn't turn it off, but I could forget to turn it on. Gradually, the columns began to tip. I lost track of keeping track. In order to let us be, I let myself be.

We didn't have much in common, but I thought that being gay in common would be enough.

am always happiest when I am just attractive enough. Meaning: other people won't find me unattractive. Meaning: I make a positive impression. Meaning: my life is not defined by my attractiveness, because that brings its own perils as well as its own rewards.

Maybe I'm better like this. Maybe I could live my life in my own world, and then simply leave it when it's time to go.

was immer dich zu dem menschen macht, der du bist - es gefällt mir.<<

One last song. One last turn. One last street. no matter how hard you try to keep hold of a day, it's going to leave you

People are, in fact, born equal, no matter who they kiss or screw, no matter what dreams they have or love they give.

I think the important part is to not get caught up in worrying about whether something will stay, and instead enjoy it for the time it's here.

People like to say being gay isn't like skin color, isn't anything physical. They tell us we always have the option of hiding. But if that's true, why do they always find us?

That has to be what love is--seeing what a mess he is and loving him anyway, because you know you're a mess, too, maybe even worse.

I guess I don't believe in a small break. I feel a break is a break and if it starts small, it only gets wider. So I said I wanted you to stay, even though nothing could stay the same.

To be loved by God is to be loved for who you are. To love God is to place no boundaries on who you love...Whether or not I believe in the God of my ancestors, I see God in everyone.

We are who we are, I said. And we'll be who we'll be. A book can make us feel that, but it can't invent that. It's already inside us.

David Levithan

We come to a corner where there are a few people protesting the festivities. I don't understand this at all. It's like a protesting the fact that some people are red-haired. In my experience, desire is desire, love is love. I have never fallen in love with a gender. I have fallen for individuals. I know this is hard for people to do, but I don't understand why it's so hard, when it's so obvious.

There was never that big a disturbance," she tells me. "I didn't think of myself as a boy or a girl—I never have. I would just think of myself as a boy or a girl for a day. It was like a different set of clothes.

We are who we are, and we'll be who we'll be. A book can make us feel that, but it can't invent that. It's already inside us.

Coming out is a lifelong process, Ms. MacTraugh continued. Each time we meet someone new or move to a different setting, we're challenged to reveal who we are. It's not always easy. But no matter how difficult, it's something I've never regretted. So few things in life truly matter. Chief among them are being true to yourself, and being honest with others... As I said, only you can determine what's the right decision.

People called them freaks not because they were identical but because they were so damn happy.

Why should the arbitrary assignment of genital parts determine whether or not you want to be with a person?

And what is a girl without curves if not, well, a boy?

It is hard to stop seeing your son as a son and to start seeing him as a human being.