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I immediately felt better about killing him. I’ve never known a Trevor who wasn’t a total douchebag. It’s just one of those… — Cherie Priest Copy Share Image
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Probably, the nature of homophobia will never be widely interrogated, while we will continue to be excluded from school curricula, subjected to… — Sarah Schulman Copy Share Image
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The animal merely makes a bed, which he warms with his body in a sheltered place; but man, having discovered fire, boxes… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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We must become so alone, so utterly alone, that we withdraw into our innermost self. It is a way of bitter suffering.… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
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