Source: Froi of the Exiles
Source: The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
“My feelings for you shame me into silence.”
Source: Solipsist
“Masculinity and femininity, elapsed, met in him
And every shame, every grief, every love.”
"City of My Youth" (1984)
Context: Masculinity and femininity, elapsed, met in him
And every shame, every grief, every love.
If ever we accede to enlightenment,
He thought, it is in one compassionate moment
When what separated them from me vanishes
And a shower of drops from a bunch of lilacs
Pours on my face, and hers, and his, at the same time.
Letter addressed to the King of Portugal on May 16, 1545. Joseph Wicki, Documenta Indica, Vol. IV, Rome, 1956. quoted from Goel, S. R. (1985). St. Francis Xavier: The man and his mission.
“Mansplaining is a sexist term designed to silence men via gender shaming.”
[Hansen, Steven, Minecraft billionaire feels oppressed by women, https://www.destructoid.com/minecraft-billionaire-feels-oppressed-by-women-363094.phtml, 12 November 2017, Destructoid, 2016-05-23]
“There wasn’t even any reasoning. Secrecy was just a bureaucrats’ reflex.”
Source: Embassytown (2011), Chapter 22 (p. 276)
“It's a difficult thing today to be informed about our government even without all the secrecy.”
As quoted in The Chicago Tribune (13 April 1966)
1960s
Source: If You Could See Me Now
“And it was grief that made Mankind your lover,
And it was grief that made you love Mankind.”
Main Street and Other Poems (1917), In Memory
Context: Your eyes, that looked on glory, could discover
The angry scar to which the world was blind:
And it was grief that made Mankind your lover,
And it was grief that made you love Mankind.
Source: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (2016), Chapter 1, “Don’t Try” (p. 11)
