The Book of Gay and Lesbian Quotations (Paperback)

~ Patricia Juliana Smith (Author)

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Product Description

This unique treasury of memorable quotations from across the centuries and around the world is an outstanding record of gay and lesbian sensibility.

Joe Orton on Truth:
"There are two sexes. The unpalatable truth must be faced."

Eleanor Roosevelt on Curiosity:
"I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity."

Rita Mae Brown on Art:
"If Michelangelo were a heterosexual, the Sistine Chapel would have been painted basic white and with a roller."

H.D. on Achievement:
"We have not crawled so very far/up our individual grass-blade/toward our individual star."

Jean Cocteau on Arguments and Quarrels:
"But brawling leads to laryngitis."

Boy George on Advice:
"If you have to be in a soap opera try not to get the worst role."

Florence King on Solitude:
"He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she."

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This unique treasury of memorable quotations from across the centuries and around the world is an outstanding record of gay and lesbian sensibility.

Joe Orton on Truth:
"There are two sexes. The unpalatable truth must be faced."

Eleanor Roosevelt on Curiosity:
"I think, at a child's birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity."

Rita Mae Brown on Art:
"If Michelangelo were a heterosexual, the Sistine Chapel would have been painted basic white and with a roller."

H.D. on Achievement:
"We have not crawled so very far/up our individual grass-blade/toward our individual star."

Jean Cocteau on Arguments and Quarrels:
"But brawling leads to laryngitis."

Boy George on Advice:
"If you have to be in a soap opera try not to get the worst role."

Florence King on Solitude:
"He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she."

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Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press; 1st edition (June 7, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0609802623
• ISBN-13: 978-0609802625
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,118,496 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A grand collection not limited to sexuality, March 10, 2003

By	Jack B. Marling "Giggling Dragon" (California) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book attracted me at first only out of virtue of its title; I thought, "How many gay quotes can there BE?" Upon reading it, it turned out to be much more than a simple gay book, and is full of insights into person, health, truth, and love, along with the interestingly raunchy sayings and bizarre lines from obscure places. I recommend this.