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> [We queers of Revelation hill...died of the greed of power, because we were expendable. If you mean to visit any of us, it had better be to make you strong to fight that power. Take your languor and easy tears…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-monette/we-queers-of-revelation-hill-died-of-the-greed-of-power-because-we/)

[Paul Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-monette/)

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## More by Paul Monette

> [The problem with secret crushes: in the absence of requital the love turns bitter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-monette/the-problem-with-secret-crushes-in-the-absence-of-requital-the-love/)

[Paul Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-monette/)

> [“The first thing you see, directly in front of you, is a dim-lit tunnel receding deep under the island. The tunnel is paved with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-monette/the-first-thing-you-see-directly-in-front-of-you-is-a-dim-lit-tunnel/)

[Paul Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-monette/)

> [Go without hate, but not without rage. Heal the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-monette/go-without-hate-but-not-without-rage-heal-the-world/)

[Paul Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-monette/)

> [“How far was that? On March 1 he told us the chest x-ray looked clear, except for a shadow that was probably the pulmonary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-monette/how-far-was-that-on-march-1-he-told-us-the-chest-x-ray-looked-clear/)

[Paul Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-monette/)

> [“Summer has always been good to me, even the bittersweet end, with the slanted yellow light.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-monette/summer-has-always-been-good-to-me-even-the-bittersweet-end-with-the/)

[Paul Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-monette/)

> [Don't let anyone tell you that the truth can't disappear. If I believe in anything, rather than God, is that I am part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-monette/don-t-let-anyone-tell-you-that-the-truth-can-t-disappear-if-i-believe/)

[Paul Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-monette/)

> [When you finally come out, there's a pain that stops, and you know it will never hurt like that again, no matter how much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-monette/when-you-finally-come-out-there-s-a-pain-that-stops-and-you-know-it/)

[Paul Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-monette/)

> [“The pain between them made me as envious as their laughter, because it was real and expressible, blood-red with passion, and not the invisible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-monette/the-pain-between-them-made-me-as-envious-as-their-laughter-because-it/)

[Paul Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-monette/)

> [“Organized religion is the school of hate, and never more exultant in its righteous indignation than when it talks about gay and lesbian. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-monette/organized-religion-is-the-school-of-hate-and-never-more-exultant-in/)

[Paul Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-monette/)

> [Self pity becomes your oxygen. But you learned to breathe it without a gasp. So, nobody even notices you're hurting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-monette/self-pity-becomes-your-oxygen-but-you-learned-to-breathe-it-without-a/)

[Paul Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-monette/)

> [“You need only to have glimpsed it once to know there's a window out of all this black and sleepless night. Then you must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-monette/you-need-only-to-have-glimpsed-it-once-to-know-there-s-a-window-out/)

[Paul Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-monette/)

> [As an artist, you reach for the pen that's full of blood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-monette/as-an-artist-you-reach-for-the-pen-that-s-full-of-blood/)

[Paul Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-monette/)

> [“Summer has always been good to me, even the bittersweet end, with the slant of yellow light.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-monette/summer-has-always-been-good-to-me-even-the-bittersweet-end-with-the-2/)

[Paul Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-monette/)

> [“Grief is a sword, or it is nothing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-monette/grief-is-a-sword-or-it-is-nothing/)

[Paul Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-monette/)

> [The Bible is still the only dirty book I've ever read, at least in its current incarnation as a weapon of the homophobes. Bible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-monette/the-bible-is-still-the-only-dirty-book-i-ve-ever-read-at-least-in-its/)

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