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> [All I know is this: If you and papa are responsible for the way I am, then I thank you with all my heart, for it is the light and the joy of my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armistead-maupin/all-i-know-is-this-if-you-and-papa-are-responsible-for-the-way-i-am/)

[Armistead Maupin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/armistead-maupin/)

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## More by Armistead Maupin

> [But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armistead-maupin/but-i-m-acutely-aware-that-the-possibility-of-fraud-is-even-more/)

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> [I’m pissed off at my Republican family back in North Carolina, several of whom came to my wedding, but who went right back and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armistead-maupin/i-m-pissed-off-at-my-republican-family-back-in-north-carolina-several/)

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> [“Mona … lots of things are more binding than sex. They last longer too.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armistead-maupin/mona-lots-of-things-are-more-binding-than-sex-they-last-longer-too/)

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> [Taureans are stubborn as hell. They never want to tell you what sign they are… But underneath that tough Taurus hide beats the heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armistead-maupin/taureans-are-stubborn-as-hell-they-never-want-to-tell-you-what-sign/)

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> [I believe very firmly that gay people of every stripe and age should be role models for all children, and that means interacting with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armistead-maupin/i-believe-very-firmly-that-gay-people-of-every-stripe-and-age-should/)

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> [“How old are you?” I hadn’t been asked this in a place of business since I was seventeen, when I tried, unsuccessfully, to buy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armistead-maupin/how-old-are-you-i-hadn-t-been-asked-this-in-a-place-of-business-since/)

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> [Outing is a nasty word for telling the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armistead-maupin/outing-is-a-nasty-word-for-telling-the-truth/)

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> [I've included these little jokes and mysteries in my writing for the amusement of readers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armistead-maupin/i-ve-included-these-little-jokes-and-mysteries-in-my-writing-for-the/)

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> [If you want to know who the oppressed minorities in America are, simply look at who gets their own shelf in the bookstore. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armistead-maupin/if-you-want-to-know-who-the-oppressed-minorities-in-america-are/)

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> [“It all goes so fast, she thought. We dole out our lives in dinner parties and plane flights, and it's over before we know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armistead-maupin/it-all-goes-so-fast-she-thought-we-dole-out-our-lives-in-dinner/)

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> [“Then they would both dissolve in giggles, bowing in their mirth to the awful hopelessness of it all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armistead-maupin/then-they-would-both-dissolve-in-giggles-bowing-in-their-mirth-to-the/)

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> [“My life is full of love; I designed it that way. I try to make my own experience about love and I look for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armistead-maupin/my-life-is-full-of-love-i-designed-it-that-way-i-try-to-make-my-own/)

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> [“Actions have consequences. In actions have them. We set things in motion by what we don't do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armistead-maupin/actions-have-consequences-in-actions-have-them-we-set-things-in/)

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> [I'm not sure I even need a lover, male or female. Sometimes I think I'd settle for five good friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armistead-maupin/i-m-not-sure-i-even-need-a-lover-male-or-female-sometimes-i-think-i-d/)

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> [Well, maybe it has to do with the fact that I was a complete Hitchcock fanatic from age 9.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armistead-maupin/well-maybe-it-has-to-do-with-the-fact-that-i-was-a-complete-hitchcock/)

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