#lesbian

My image had always been very heterosexual, very straight. So it was a nice experience for me, a chance to clarify my own feelings about gay and lesbian civil rights. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#always #been #chance #civil #civil rights

Once," Fran says, settling against the worktable, folding her arms, "I knew this kid who very bravely and bossily came out of the closet when she was only fourteen years old. She told me then that we can't choose who we love. We just love the people we love, no mattter what anyone else might want for us. Wasn't that you? ↗

— Madeleine George

#coming-out #gay-and-lesbian #honesty #love #relationships

Tell them there are no holes for your fingers in the masks of men. Tell them how could you ever even hope to love what you can't grab onto. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#love #love

Christ, they’d be getting a cat next. He mentally recoiled from the idea: the day they did that, he’d cut off his dick and call himself a lesbian. ↗

— Kate Aaron

#gay #gay-stereotypes #lesbian #love #relationships

An element of fantasy is needed when falling in love and I was unable to find the fantasy element with any of the male gender ↗

— Novala Takemoto

#lesbian #love #love

We fitted together like the two halves of an oyster-shell. I was Narcissus, embracing the pond in which I was about to drown. However much we had to hide our love, however guarded we had to be about our pleasure, I could not long be miserable about a thing so very sweet. Nor, in my gladness, could I quite believe that anybody would be anything but happy for me if only they knew. ↗

— Sarah Waters

#happiness #lesbian-partners #lgbt #love #passion

I have not once felt a thing for the male sex, I was only interested in the fairer sex. Mine. ↗

— Novala Takemoto

#lesbian #love #love

It is no wonder lesbians love women. ↗

— Gilbert Sorrentino

#lesbian #romance #love

A Brilliant Breakthrough Novel. Gripping, gritty and one hundred percent original. Anyone who loves mysteries, gangsters, colorful characters and strong female protagonists will love this book. I firmly believe Stilettos and Steel is destined to become part of America's literary heritage and will be referenced and revered for decades." Burl Barer - Edgar Award Winner and NYT Bestselling Author ↗

— Jeri Estes

#gangster #lesbian #mystery #romance #san-francisco

I like pin-up girls. I'm more of a boy than a girl. I'm not a lesbian, though - not before a sambuca anyway. ↗

— Amy Winehouse

#before #boy #girl #i #lesbian