Quotes About Acceptance

It's official, then. Everyone knew I was gay before I did.

Love doesn't discriminate and nor should the law. Not in this country, not in this world, not in this lifetime.

You can't make people stop loving each other just because a law says it's wrong," I said.

I can't make sense out of that girl, he said to the bard, Can you? Never mind, Fflewddur said, We aren't really expected to.

No matter what has happened, you're not a pig-boy; you're an Assistant Pig Keeper!

I have never known courage to be judged by the length of a man's hair. Or, for the matter of that, whether he has any hair at all.

Well, said Eilonwy, you can't blame Rhun for being born. I mean, you could, but that wouldn't help matters. It's like kicking a rock with your bare foot.

A lady doesn't insist on having her own way. Then, next thing you know, it all works out somehow, without one's even trying. I thought I'd never learn, though it's really quite easy once you get the knack.

It is true. Indeed, that is why I dared not speak. I have yearned to be again at the side of my beloved Arianllyn, and my thoughts are with her now. But had I chosen to return, I would ever wonder whether my choice was made through wisdom or following the wishes of my own heart. I see this is as it must be, and the destiny laid upon me. I am content to die here.

Some days are like that...and what's to be done about it? Nothing, alas, but hope things will brighten, which they very likely won't. But there you are, it's all one can do.

Had I done it sooner, perhaps he might have lived. He was a man of courage and good heart, a proud man. Now he is dead. I saved the signal to use in a worthy cause, and when I found one it was wasted." "Wasted?" answered Fflewddur. "I think not. Since you did your best and didn't begrudge using it, I shouldn't call it wasted at all.

He gestured toward her twisted leg. Like you. Some don't walk good. Some be broken in other ways. Not all. But lots. Do you think it maken them quiet and nice, to be broken?

Time goes on, and your life is still there, and you have to live it. After a while you remember the good things more often than the bad. Then, gradually, the empty silent parts of you fill up with sounds of talking and laughter again, and the jagged edges of sadness are softened by memories.

you can pretend that bad things will never happen. But life's a lot easier if you realize and admit that sometimes they do.

Gay!' he chirped. 'Gay!' It was the way he said his own name.

Frequently the new ones were damaged. They hobbled on canes or were ill. Sometimes they were disfigured by wounds or simply because they had been born that way. Some were orphans. All of them were welcomed.

No one mentioned such things; it was not a rule, but was considered rude to call attention to things that were unsettling or different about individuals.

It wasn't the same. I'm pretty good at making the best of things, but it wasn't the same.

But they don't want change. Life here is so orderly, so predictable-so painless. It's what they've chosen.

Annemarie admitted to herself, snuggling there in the quiet dark, that she was glad to be an ordinary person who would never be called upon for courage.

Kira, your leg will take a great deal out of me. I'll have to sleep, after, maybe for a whole day or even longer. And I don't have much time. She looked at him quizzically. Time for what? I'll explain. But for now, I think we should start. If I do it right away, I can sleep completely through the night and almost all of the morning. You can use that time to become accustomed to being whole... I [i]am[/i] whole, she said defiantly.

Back and back and back. Jonas repeated the familiar phrase. Sometimes it had seemed humorous to him. Sometimes it had seemed meaningful and important. Now it was ominous. It meant, he knew, that nothing could be changed.

This is the time, she began, looking directly at them, when we acknowledge differences. You Elevens have spent all your years till now learning to fit in, to standardize your behavior, to curb any impulse that might set you apart from the group. But today we honor your differences. They have determined your futures.

This new Caleb was a replacement child. The couple had lost their first Caleb, a cheerful little Four.