“Maybe . . . it's easier to have enemies than not to have them. . . . If you don't hate people, you have to learn to like them. . . . And liking people? That's not easy.” — Jennifer Finney Boylan Copy Share Image
“Straight women love a feminine sensibility in a man, but that love only goes up to, and unfortunately does not quite pass, the fact… — Jennifer Finney Boylan Copy Share Image
“...a memoir is meant to be an impression of life, and not a photograph.” — Jennifer Finney Boylan Copy Share Image
What transsexuality emphatically is not is a 'lifestyle,' any more than being male or female is a lifestyle. Gender is many things, but one… — Jennifer Finney Boylan Copy Share Image
“I did love her, though, for a little while anyhow. That was the thing: I still believed, on some fundamental level, that love would cure me. That if only I were loved deeply enough by someone else, I would be content to stay a man. It wouldn’t be my authentic life, but it would be all right. It was better,… — Jennifer Finney Boylan Copy Share
“There are times when I think it's impossible to know another soul. I don't know, maybe we're lucky that way. If we knew what… — Jennifer Finney Boylan Copy Share Image
“As it turns out, we're all still learning to be men, or women, all still learning to be ourselves. pg 197” — Jennifer Finney Boylan Copy Share Image
“Although my understanding of exactly how much trouble I was in grew more specific over time, as a child I surely understood enough about my condition to know it was something I'd better keep private. By intuition I was certain that the thing I knew to be true was something others would find both impossible and hilarious. My conviction, by… — Jennifer Finney Boylan Copy Share
“The women I knew in those days liked the fact that I had a feminine streak, that I seemed to be sensitive and caring, that I didn’t know the names of any NFL teams, that I could make a nice risotto. A lot of straight women love a female sensibility in a man, an enthusiasm that goes right up to,… — Jennifer Finney Boylan Copy Share
“Is there anything more fundamentally human than the desire to live in another world, as someone other than our own earthbound selves?” — Jennifer Finney Boylan Copy Share Image
“Most of the time I just have to resign myself to the fact that this whole business is beyond comprehension for most straight people.… — Jennifer Finney Boylan Copy Share Image
“It's funny how you can know a person, think of him as your closest friend, and still never gain access to the secret chambers… — Jennifer Finney Boylan Copy Share Image
“I wondered ...if meeting people with creativity and passion when you were at an impressionable enough age actually kind of ruined you for life among normal people. For a long time, I'd searched the world, thinking I could start up new friendships like the ones I'd had before. But I never met people like that again. I know people will… — Jennifer Finney Boylan Copy Share
