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> [“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 artery, but he was playing safe and ordering a CAT scan to make sure it wasn’t…](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/)

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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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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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