Human beings tolerate what they understand they have to tolerate.

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Morality, like language, is an invented structure for conserving and communicating order. And morality is...

Morality, like language, is an invented structure for conserving and communicating order. And morality is...

Love is the terrible secret people are suspected of unless they're married, then one always...

Love is the terrible secret people are suspected of unless they're married, then one always...

Every artist seems to me to have the job of bearing witness to the world...

Every artist seems to me to have the job of bearing witness to the world...

I believe only in art and failure.

I believe only in art and failure.

People genuinely happy in their choices seem less often tempted to force them on other...

People genuinely happy in their choices seem less often tempted to force them on other...

I've never been resigned to ready-made ideas as I was to ready-made clothes, perhaps because...

I've never been resigned to ready-made ideas as I was to ready-made clothes, perhaps because...

Writing is far too hard work to say what someone else wants me to. Serving...

Writing is far too hard work to say what someone else wants me to. Serving...

I didn't want to be a boy, ever, but I was outraged that his height...

I didn't want to be a boy, ever, but I was outraged that his height...

If the tenth of the population that is gay became visible tomorrow, the panic of...

If the tenth of the population that is gay became visible tomorrow, the panic of...

My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day...

My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day...

I had always said to myself that forty was the cut off point of my...

I had always said to myself that forty was the cut off point of my...

The message of women's liberation is that women can love each other and ourselves against...

The message of women's liberation is that women can love each other and ourselves against...

Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution...

Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution...

If we don't bear witness as citizens, as people, as individuals, the right that we...

If we don't bear witness as citizens, as people, as individuals, the right that we...

Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity.

Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity.

I didn't want to be a boy, ever, but I was outraged that his height...

I didn't want to be a boy, ever, but I was outraged that his height...

Dear tampon commercial, When I'm on my period, I don't wear a WHITE bikini or...

Dear tampon commercial, When I'm on my period, I don't wear a WHITE bikini or...

Personally, I think if a women hasn't met the right man by the time she's...

Personally, I think if a women hasn't met the right man by the time she's...

A really plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm

A really plain woman is one who, however beautiful, neglects to charm

There are no ugly women, only lazy ones

There are no ugly women, only lazy ones

Man is born to eat

Man is born to eat