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> [“It all suddenly seemed like a hopeless fight, but so what? I told myself. What does it cost you to pretend that the can change (for the better)? That history is an arc and it bends toward justice, even if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-j-cogswell/it-all-suddenly-seemed-like-a-hopeless-fight-but-so-what-i-told/)

[Kelly J. Cogswell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-j-cogswell/)

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## More by Kelly J. Cogswell

> [“It all suddenly seemed like a hopeless fight, but so what? I told myself. What does it cost you to pretend that the can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-j-cogswell/it-all-suddenly-seemed-like-a-hopeless-fight-but-so-what-i-told/)

[Kelly J. Cogswell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-j-cogswell/)

> [“We Lesbian Avengers have built this shrine. It stands for our fear. It stands for our grief. It stands for our rage. And it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-j-cogswell/we-lesbian-avengers-have-built-this-shrine-it-stands-for-our-fear-it/)

[Kelly J. Cogswell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-j-cogswell/)

> [“Hell, a pig had most humans beat, smarter than small children, and we didn't eat those but maybe we should.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-j-cogswell/hell-a-pig-had-most-humans-beat-smarter-than-small-children-and-we/)

[Kelly J. Cogswell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-j-cogswell/)

> [“It inspired a kind of Huck Finn moment when I decided it was better to risk hell than shrivel in the midst of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-j-cogswell/it-inspired-a-kind-of-huck-finn-moment-when-i-decided-it-was-better/)

[Kelly J. Cogswell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-j-cogswell/)

> [“It is a big deal to work with people who are different from you. And if you're white or of a higher class,no matter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-j-cogswell/it-is-a-big-deal-to-work-with-people-who-are-different-from-you-and/)

[Kelly J. Cogswell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-j-cogswell/)

> [“I wanted to drag them all out, flay us all, destroy all the artificial separations of history. You'd merely done what I had, after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-j-cogswell/i-wanted-to-drag-them-all-out-flay-us-all-destroy-all-the-artificial/)

[Kelly J. Cogswell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-j-cogswell/)

> [“I begged Ana to shut them up, come out as Cuban, play the jail card. But she refused to claim that authority. 'It will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-j-cogswell/i-begged-ana-to-shut-them-up-come-out-as-cuban-play-the-jail-card-but/)

[Kelly J. Cogswell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-j-cogswell/)

> [“I feel weird spilling it now but have to. Because after a while, it took root, the way shared stories do when you live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-j-cogswell/i-feel-weird-spilling-it-now-but-have-to-because-after-a-while-it/)

[Kelly J. Cogswell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-j-cogswell/)

> [“There was no single gay point of view. Like skin color or gender or any of those arbitrary, sometimes artificial, difference sexual orientation didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-j-cogswell/there-was-no-single-gay-point-of-view-like-skin-color-or-gender-or/)

[Kelly J. Cogswell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-j-cogswell/)

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