Closets Quote by Cynthia Nixon

Nothing has happened to me out of the closet that was anywhere near as dangerous as being closeted.

— Karen Thompson Walker

All my life I have been a poor go-to-sleeper. No matter how great my weariness, the wrench of parting with consciousness is unspeakably repulsive…

— Vladimir Nabokov

I wasn't really asleep I was just meditating on unconsciousness.

— Paul Bourget

I was certainly open for something being on the edge of a nervous breakdown, perplexed by my own sexuality. I was gay.

— Lionel Blue

Being closeted often put me in situations where I couldn't concentrate or even think straight.

— Chelsea Manning

I was a coward. I used to be haunted by the fear of thieves, ghosts and serpents. I did not dare to stir out…

— Mahatma Gandhi

I was journaling in Florence, and I was like, 'Oh, I have to come out of the closet. I have to break up with…

— Jonathan Groff

In denial about my being gay. I wasn't afraid of the dark, I was afraid of unflattering light.

— Bob Smith

The process of getting conscious, for me, was a very, very uncomfortable, disturbing, and sometimes physically painful process. And so that's the standard to…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

My first memories of life were in rehearsal; that's why I can sleep through anything.

— Robert Glasper

My first memories of life were in rehearsal; thats why I can sleep through anything.

— Robert Glasper

Realizing I was gay was a long sort of waking up.

— Melissa Etheridge