Certainly Quote by Torrey Peters Download Open image “Certainly, not all trans people like my writing.” — Torrey Peters ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Certainly Like People Writing
I see myself as coming out of a trans tradition. There's a number of trans writers before me who wrote great novels. — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
I think I'm okay at talking about trans issues. I'm okay at it. But I think I'm good at fiction. And I'm good at… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
I think it's really important to understand that every trans story is not the same, and we are as varied as any other group… — Trace Lysette Copy Share Image
I'm always skeptical about representations of trans people, especially when trans people are not making the work. — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
I just hope I can use any fame that comes my way to show the public that trans people like me are just like… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
I don't really think that being trans is one of the most interesting things about me, but it's definitely a unique quality that adds… — Ethel Cain Copy Share Image
Anytime you give a trans person an opportunity, especially an opportunity to be ourselves, you are promoting a shift in the way society sees… — Trace Lysette Copy Share Image
Trans people are a minority. But for every person like me who's made a conscious step to do something about the feeling we've had… — Rebecca Root Copy Share Image
It's not that I am demanding empathy for trans people. It's actually more than I'm demanding that readers have empathy for themselves, and I… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I didn't know of anybody who was trans. There was always, like, this shame, anxiety thing around all of… — Teddy Geiger Copy Share Image
I happen to believe that trans people are anointed, and because of our experiences and the unique way we see the world, we can… — Trace Lysette Copy Share Image
I have always been aware that I can never represent all trans people. No one or two or three trans people can. This is… — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
The premise of any discussion I have is not to debate my humanity. I refuse to engage on that level. It makes for a… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
People don't care about facts anyway; in my country, we have 'alternative facts.' But if you can make somebody feel something - and oftentimes… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
The fact that someone like me can exist terrifies some people. Because: 'What if you had control of your body and you got to… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
Karl Ove Knausgaard is one of my literary heroes. This distresses many of my female, queer, and trans friends: Torrey, you have every woman… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
At certain moments in my life, I have stumbled upon a beauty so extreme, I have stepped back in alarm. There are some people… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
I'm obsessed with this book 'Independent People,' by Halldor Laxness. — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
It's not just unexpected for other people. It's very unexpected for myself. But I think that's like a really good place to write from,… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
When I'm open to beauty's true power, I believe it changes me for the better. — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
People are going to make mistakes no matter what because that's what being human is. — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
I mean, I don't relate to characters who are perfect. If someone offers up somebody as a role model, I'm going to be like,… — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things. — Fergus Henderson Copy Share Image
I would have done well as a gypsy child, I think. A circus baby. I coulda played a great street urchin or ragamuffin. Or… — Natasha Lyonne Copy Share Image
I mean those people who are interested in good government will certainly contribute in order to make certain there's some counter-balance to those whose… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
I'm certainly not a perfect mother, but I'm trying to be what my mother wasn't for me. My mother's battled depression, so I understand… — Dorothy Hamill Copy Share Image
Design certainly has a cosmetic, aesthetic aim. It always aims at making things beautiful. But relevance is just as important. I often say, 'If… — Yves Behar Copy Share Image
I've certainly seen a lot of my cartoonist friends embrace 'Little Lulu' in a much deeper way because their kids love it so much.… — Seth Copy Share Image
Righteousness and faith certainly are instrumental in moving mountains - if moving mountains accomplishes God's purposes and is in accordance with His will. — David A. Bednar Copy Share Image
I have never really been fond of animals. I certainly wasn't an 'animal lover' when I became involved in the movement. I just came… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I certainly know that on our first tour of America in 1968, David Crosby came to see us backstage at the Fillmore East in… — Justin Hayward Copy Share Image
