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title: "2 Queer-lit Quotes By David Wojnarowicz"
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> [“I felt that blush in my chest as we talked stupid talk never quite revealing our queerness to each other but somehow wordlessly generating volumes of desire like some kind of sublanguage that makes you want to splash into it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wojnarowicz/i-felt-that-blush-in-my-chest-as-we-talked-stupid-talk-never-quite/)

[David Wojnarowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wojnarowicz/)

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> [“In loving him, I saw a cigarette between the fingers of a hand, smoke blowing backwards into the room and sputtering planes diving low through the clouds. In loving him, I saw men encouraging each other to lay down their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wojnarowicz/in-loving-him-i-saw-a-cigarette-between-the-fingers-of-a-hand-smoke/)

[David Wojnarowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wojnarowicz/)

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## More by David Wojnarowicz

> [Feeling animalistic. Feeling Hyena. Feeling Wolf. Feeling Dog. I am tongue and heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wojnarowicz/feeling-animalistic-feeling-hyena-feeling-wolf-feeling-dog-i-am/)

[David Wojnarowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wojnarowicz/)

> [“Hell is a place on earth. Heaven is a place in your head.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wojnarowicz/hell-is-a-place-on-earth-heaven-is-a-place-in-your-head/)

[David Wojnarowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wojnarowicz/)

> [To me, photographs are like words and I generally will place many photographs together or print them one inside the other in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wojnarowicz/to-me-photographs-are-like-words-and-i-generally-will-place-many/)

[David Wojnarowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wojnarowicz/)

> [I worry that friends will slowly become professional pallbearers, waiting for each death, of their lovers, friends and neighbors, and polishing their funeral speeches;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wojnarowicz/i-worry-that-friends-will-slowly-become-professional-pallbearers/)

[David Wojnarowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wojnarowicz/)

> [I want to throw up because we're supposed to quietly and politely make house in this killing machine called America and pay taxes to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wojnarowicz/i-want-to-throw-up-because-we-re-supposed-to-quietly-and-politely/)

[David Wojnarowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wojnarowicz/)

> [Transition is always a relief. Destination means death to me. If I could figure out a way to remain forever in transition, in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wojnarowicz/transition-is-always-a-relief-destination-means-death-to-me-if-i/)

[David Wojnarowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wojnarowicz/)

> [History is made and preserved by and for particular classes of people. A camera in some hands can preserve an alternate history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wojnarowicz/history-is-made-and-preserved-by-and-for-particular-classes-of-people/)

[David Wojnarowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wojnarowicz/)

> [“I felt that blush in my chest as we talked stupid talk never quite revealing our queerness to each other but somehow wordlessly generating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wojnarowicz/i-felt-that-blush-in-my-chest-as-we-talked-stupid-talk-never-quite/)

[David Wojnarowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wojnarowicz/)

> [“There is a tendency for people affected by this epidemic to police each other or prescribe what the most important gestures would be for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wojnarowicz/there-is-a-tendency-for-people-affected-by-this-epidemic-to-police/)

[David Wojnarowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wojnarowicz/)

> [“I remembered a friend of mine dying from AIDS, and while he was visiting his family on the coast for the last time, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wojnarowicz/i-remembered-a-friend-of-mine-dying-from-aids-and-while-he-was/)

[David Wojnarowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wojnarowicz/)

> [“I'm looking for a path out of the emptiness but all I see is the great wide earth in various formations.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wojnarowicz/i-m-looking-for-a-path-out-of-the-emptiness-but-all-i-see-is-the/)

[David Wojnarowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wojnarowicz/)

> [No one can really explain in a rational way what makes a good photograph or a bad photograph... This is why the art world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wojnarowicz/no-one-can-really-explain-in-a-rational-way-what-makes-a-good/)

[David Wojnarowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wojnarowicz/)

> [“With all these occurrences of death facing me, I thought about issues of freedom. If government projects the idea that we, as people inhabiting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wojnarowicz/with-all-these-occurrences-of-death-facing-me-i-thought-about-issues/)

[David Wojnarowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wojnarowicz/)

> [I am all emptiness and futility. I am an empty stranger, a carbon copy of my form. I can no longer find what I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wojnarowicz/i-am-all-emptiness-and-futility-i-am-an-empty-stranger-a-carbon-copy/)

[David Wojnarowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wojnarowicz/)

> [“Sometimes I come to hate people because they can’t see where I am. I’ve gone empty, completely empty and all they see is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-wojnarowicz/sometimes-i-come-to-hate-people-because-they-can-t-see-where-i-am-i/)

[David Wojnarowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-wojnarowicz/)

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