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title: "5 Closets Quotes By Christopher Rice"
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> [I think dragging someone out of the closet who isn't necessarily engaged in anti-gay activities can have a destructive effect on them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-rice/i-think-dragging-someone-out-of-the-closet-who-isn-t-necessarily/)

[Christopher Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-rice/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d1/christopher-rice-14830_activity_i-think-dragging-someone-out-of-the-clos_859128.png)

> [I think the gay community, as a whole, is slighted by high-profile figures who remain in the closet. But I think that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-rice/i-think-the-gay-community-as-a-whole-is-slighted-by-high-profile/)

[Christopher Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-rice/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/504/christopher-rice-14830_asks_i-think-the-gay-community-as-a-whole-is_1245178.jpg)

> [I think that the most important reason to come out is your own sanity; that's above everything else. I think that applies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-rice/i-think-that-the-most-important-reason-to-come-out-is-your-own-sanity/)

[Christopher Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-rice/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b00/christopher-rice-14830_closet_i-think-that-the-most-important-reason-t_1635686.png)

> [What's become more important to me over time is to not try to sell myself as someone that I'm not, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-rice/what-s-become-more-important-to-me-over-time-is-to-not-try-to-sell/)

[Christopher Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-rice/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/069/christopher-rice-14830_areas_what-s-become-more-important-to-me-over_1808601.jpg)

> [I am one of those people, and I may be personally biased, who wishes that I had some place to come out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-rice/i-am-one-of-those-people-and-i-may-be-personally-biased-who-wishes/)

[Christopher Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-rice/)

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## Other authors on Closets

## More by Christopher Rice

> [“ 'I went to one acting coach when I first started who told me that acting is reacting to the stimuli we are presented…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-rice/i-went-to-one-acting-coach-when-i-first-started-who-told-me-that/)

[Christopher Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-rice/)

> [If you're doing something, if you're following something that is directly at odds with who you are, you've got to slow down and ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-rice/if-you-re-doing-something-if-you-re-following-something-that-is/)

[Christopher Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-rice/)

> [I am comfortable calling myself a writer of suspense, or a writer of thrillers; both terms are sort of interchangeable to me. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-rice/i-am-comfortable-calling-myself-a-writer-of-suspense-or-a-writer-of/)

[Christopher Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-rice/)

> [The good thing about New Orleans is that, overall, it's an accepting place. It's accepting of eccentricity, it's accepting of excess, it's accepting of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-rice/the-good-thing-about-new-orleans-is-that-overall-it-s-an-accepting/)

[Christopher Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-rice/)

> [The sort of public sex aspects of gay male sexuality did not appeal to me. And it wasn't just a matter of being afraid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-rice/the-sort-of-public-sex-aspects-of-gay-male-sexuality-did-not-appeal/)

[Christopher Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-rice/)

> [Fear cannot touch me… It can only taunt me, It cannot take me, Just tell me where to go… I can either follow, Or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-rice/fear-cannot-touch-me-it-can-only-taunt-me-it-cannot-take-me-just-tell/)

[Christopher Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-rice/)

> [Honestly, in retrospect, I would wish for future generations to have the ability to have a coming out process that was less alcohol-soaked than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-rice/honestly-in-retrospect-i-would-wish-for-future-generations-to-have/)

[Christopher Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-rice/)

> [“She wore a black pantsuit with a white silk shirt that had an almost metallic sheen to it. He wondered whom she had already…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-rice/she-wore-a-black-pantsuit-with-a-white-silk-shirt-that-had-an-almost/)

[Christopher Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-rice/)

> [“People talked about therapy and change and the power of Christ, but maybe you just had to wake up one day and say you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-rice/people-talked-about-therapy-and-change-and-the-power-of-christ-but/)

[Christopher Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-rice/)

> [“You told me about what you called the light in the darkness. About how life was neither good nor bad, but a combination of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-rice/you-told-me-about-what-you-called-the-light-in-the-darkness-about-how/)

[Christopher Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-rice/)

> [Usually when I put my focus on the pacing, the plot, the specific characterizations, - it's ironic - but then I actually increase my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-rice/usually-when-i-put-my-focus-on-the-pacing-the-plot-the-specific/)

[Christopher Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-rice/)

> [“the heavens rise.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-rice/the-heavens-rise/)

[Christopher Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-rice/)

> [I think dragging someone out of the closet who isn't necessarily engaged in anti-gay activities can have a destructive effect on them and on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-rice/i-think-dragging-someone-out-of-the-closet-who-isn-t-necessarily/)

[Christopher Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-rice/)

> [Look at any city through the right memories and it could become a graveyard as haunted as a former battlefield.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-rice/look-at-any-city-through-the-right-memories-and-it-could-become-a/)

[Christopher Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-rice/)

> [“Come on . . .” Stephen called back over his shoulder.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-rice/come-on-stephen-called-back-over-his-shoulder/)

[Christopher Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-rice/)

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