Quotes About Freedom

he hopes that maybe it'll make people a little less scared of two boys kissing than they were before, and a little more welcoming to the idea that all people are, in fact, born equal, no matter who they kiss or screw, no matter what dreams they have or love they give.

Your life is inescapable. Unless you decide to escape it.

It's like you're a character in this book that everyone around you is writing, and suddenly you have to say, 'I'm sorry, but this role isn't right for me'. And you have to start writing your own life and doing your own thing.

She transforms once again into someone carefree, and I transform into someone whose only care is her.

Even if neither of us got what we wanted, we found freedom in the third choices.

I don't like to do what people expect. Why should I live up to their expectations instead of my own?

That's the question, isn't it? you said one night. Does death bring freedom, or is it the end of freedom?

The fewer connections you have to the world, the easier it is to leave.

If we actually thought about every decision we made, we'd be paralyzed ... You have to decide which decisions you're actually going to make, and then you have to let the rest of them go.

A Cue from Nature Run outside during a thunderstorm That downpour, that conquered hesitation, that exhilaration That's what unlonely is like

Music isn't much different now from what it was when we hit the dance floor. This means something. We found something universal. We bottled that desire, then released it into the airwaves. The sounds hit your body, and you move. We are in those particles that send you. We are in that music. Dance for us, Tariq. Feel us there in your freedom.

He never wears a watch (his own rebellion against time, against watching).

There are times when I'm alone and I think, This is it. This is actually the natural state. All I need are my thoughts and my small acts of creation and my ability to go or do whatever I want to go or do. I am myself, and that is the point. Pairing is a social construction. It is by no means necessary for everyone to do it. 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.

I mean, being with someone for over a year can mean that you love them… but it can also mean you're trapped.

Let's make plans," I ventured. And Sofia smiled and said, "No, let's leave it to chance.

But death is not freedom. For a moment, it can look like freedom. But then it's death. Anything. Something. Nothing.

No. I don't. You don't always have to be who they want you to be, you know.

He treats his body like it's made of fireworks, each one timed to the beat. Is he dancing alone or dancing with everyone in the room? Here's the secret: It doesn't matter.

You grabbed my hand and twirled me around, two sidewalk sweethearts. Then, very earnestly, you stopped, leaned over, and whispered, You know, I'd get a tattoo with your name on it. Only, I want you to have the freedom to change your name if you want to.

being with someone for over a year can mean that you love them … but it can also mean you're trapped.

We want to whisper to him that the only way to free yourself from shame is to realize how completely arbitrary it is—just what he was saying a day ago.

We are young and the night is young. We are in the middle of somewhere and we are feeling everything.

Maybe there's just sexuality, and it's bendable and unpredictable, like a circus performer (...)

We thought there was a wall around our story. But what if there were windows?