Memorable Quotes

When I see a quote that's particularly interesting/moving/funny etc. I'll post it here.

[fifthdialogue]

In traditional societies, culture is passed along from adult to child, within the family and in other group settings. In modern society, print and other communication media transmit cultural knowledge as well. Since gay children are rarely brought up by gay parents, gay culture operates outside the family, with groups of friends operating as surrogate families, passing along gay cultural practices, traditions, and beliefs.

Dee Michel, "Friends of Dorothy: Why Gay Boys and Gay Men Love The Wizard of Oz"

[fifthdialogue]

Oz fans who are not gay will also accept the gay love of Oz to the extent that they accept gay people in general. If gay people are OK, then the fact that they love Oz is OK too. If gay people are seen as bad or icky, then their love of Oz is threatening; their association with Oz will sully the homophobic person's treasured childhood memory.

Dee Michel, "Friends of Dorothy: Why Gay Boys and Gay Men Love The Wizard of Oz"

[fifthdialogue]

By using the Ruby (or Silver) Slippers to get what she wants at the end of the story, Dorothy finally understands the power she possesses. Because many of the personages in Oz stories are so weird, and their weirdness is accepted as normal, they model authentic individuality for the reader or viewer.

Dee Michel, "Friends of Dorothy: Why Gay Boys and Gay Men Love The Wizard of Oz"

[fifthdialogue]

Even before he gets his heart from the Wizard, the Woodman does in fact care a lot. In the MGM movie, he often breaks into tears, and in the books, citizens of Oz love him for his courtesy, kindness, and gentleness. Baum's Woodman even empathizes with bugs and flowers. Once, after he killed a beetle by accident, his jaw rusted from his tears of regret and sorrow. Some fans identify with the Woodman's search for a heart, relating it to their own lack of emotion.

Dee Michel, "Friends of Dorothy: Why Gay Boys and Gay Men Love The Wizard of Oz"

[fifthdialogue]

In Oz you can be yourself - obviously gay, gender-atypical, flamboyant, whatever; it's all OK.

Dee Michel, "Friends of Dorothy: Why Gay Boys and Gay Men Love The Wizard of Oz"

[fifthdialogue]

When you escape to Oz, you can be free of the constraints of your old home and create a new gay home for yourself, with new friends and an adopted gay family.

Dee Michel, "Friends of Dorothy: Why Gay Boys and Gay Men Love The Wizard of Oz"

[fifthdialogue]

When you interpret something from a gay point of view or demonstrate that gay folks have a special affinity for something, there is always the possibility that cranky heterosexuals will think you're stealing something from them.

Dee Michel, "Friends of Dorothy: Why Gay Boys and Gay Men Love The Wizard of Oz"

[the-final-sentence]

'I was perfect,' Nina whispers, and when she dies, it's like she's loved after all.

Zefyr Lisowski, from "Your Swan, My Swan"

[theinkbleeds]

L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

[perfectquote]

“Some old wounds never truly heal, and bleed again at the slightest word.”

— George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

[the-final-sentence]

I see their influence, and I feel their magic.

Anna Hays, from Vanished

[the-final-sentence]

It's much too large.

Virginia Feito, from Victorian Psycho

[fifthdialogue]

He was a curious and very gentle lover, very gentle with the woman, trembling uncontrollably, and yet at the same time detached, aware, aware of every sound outside.

D. H. Lawrence, "Lady Chatterley's Lover"

[fifthdialogue]

The cataclysm has happened, we are among the ruins, we start to build up new little habits, to have new little hopes. It is rather hard work: there is now no smooth road into the future: but we have to go round, or scramble over the obstacles. We've got to live, no matter how many skies have fallen.

D. H. Lawrence, "Lady Chatterley's Lover

[fifthdialogue]

The long grass rustled at her feet as the White Rabbit hurried by - the frightened Mouse splashed his way through the neighboring pool - she could hear the rattle of the teacups as the March Hare and his friends shared their never-ending meal, and the shrill voice of the Queen ordering her unfortunate guests to execution - once more the pig-baby was sneezing on the Duchess's knee, while plates and dishes crashed around it - once more the shriek of the Gryphon, the squeaking of the Lizard's slate-pencil, and the choking of the suppressed guinea-pigs, filled the air, mixed up with the distant sob of the miserable Mock Turtle.

Lewis Carroll, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"

[fateofgrace]

louisa may alcott, little women.

[monique89]

“Nothing is real, but everything is. I have only my perception to determine what reality is, and in here that perception is so vivid it makes up for my lost senses”

— Marabou Stork Nightmares - Irvine Welsh