Bittersweet Quote by Paul Monette

The problem with secret crushes: in the absence of requital the love turns bitter.

— 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…

— Paul Monette

Go without hate, but not without rage. Heal the world.

— 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…

— Paul Monette

“Summer has always been good to me, even the bittersweet end, with the slanted yellow light.”

— 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…

— Paul Monette

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…

— 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…

— 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…

— Paul Monette

Self pity becomes your oxygen. But you learned to breathe it without a gasp. So, nobody even notices you're hurting.

— Paul Monette

“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…

— Paul Monette

As an artist, you reach for the pen that's full of blood.

— Paul Monette