Actually Quote by Torrey Peters Download Open image “I actually think that trans lives are pretty understandable.” — Torrey Peters ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Actually Lives Pretty Think
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
It's OK not to understand the whole trans thing. That's alright. My dad didn't understand it. I still don't know everything. What's important is… — Nicole Maines Copy Share Image
Many people don't have trans people in their lives. They don't have that experience to know that they're just normal people who not only… — Jeff Varner Copy Share Image
The preoccupation with transition and with surgery objectifies trans people, and we don't get to really deal with the real lived experiences. — Laverne Cox Copy Share Image
I think that it's important to say that trans people exist, and we are valid, whether we choose to transition or not. It's really… — Asia Kate Dillon Copy Share Image
Often people detransition because life as a trans person is very difficult. — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
There's this belief sometimes from people who haven't lived the trans experience that's just like, 'You should tell everyone. You owe it to them.'… — Brian Michael Smith 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
Everything is different circumstances, but the dignity of transness is that we get to be different individuals, have different stories, and connect through other… — Lux Pascal 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
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 actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
I just think my own ambition would not allow me to sit on the gifts that my creator had given me. And so that's… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
You have to talk about why things happened the way they did. You can't actually explain my political life except by a series of… — David Lange Copy Share Image
There's always that discussion about fiction about how do you market it - these are books for boys, these are books for girls, these… — L.A. Weatherly Copy Share Image
I was a very good student. Procrastinating gives me anxiety, and getting a B really ticked me off. Sure, I didn't always want to… — Josie Loren Copy Share Image
The shelves of many evangelicals are full of books that point out the flaws in evolution, discuss it only as a theory, and almost… — Francis Collins Copy Share Image
Somebody said that part of my reaction to British cinema is actually, paradoxically, a patriotic one. I'm so disappointed that we're not better. — Kevin Brownlow Copy Share Image
