Fem Quotes

“Long story short, you hate *yourself*. You don't hate *me*. And I'm not accepting it anymore. So get out of my house, and don't let Lady Gaga hit you on the way out, you lame-ass motherfucker.”
― Seth King, Fem

“Violence strikes fear in us, and that fear hardens into shame, and that shame crystallizes into a burden, and that burden becomes something we carry on our backs for the rest of our lives. You are told you have to keep the secret, and then the secret becomes poison.”
― Seth King, Fem

“Who would I be today if I didn’t let the world dictate who I was for so long? And is there even time for me to become me? Or have I already arrived at a personality, as fake as it may be?”
― Seth King, Fem

“We all have love and pain to share, every last one of us, and we all have to choose who to share them with. Sharing the love is one thing. But when we decide to share the pain – well, you could go anywhere from there.”
― Seth King, Fem

“With mentally ill people, when they are good, they are better than anyone else. They shine. They crackle. They pop. They can dazzle a whole room, they never meet a stranger. It’s just that the downslides, the crashes…well, they are devastating.”
― Seth King, Fem

“Being okay with being gay, or different, means nothing until you love all of your gayness and different-ness. Really, the “manliest” move of all is just looking in the mirror, shutting out the noise of the world, and deciding to be nothing but yourself.”
― Seth King, Fem

“The thing about abuse is that it’s never black-and-white, like it is in the movies. It didn’t even happen that much. You’re not some battered victim being beaten around all the time. Often, it just involves everyday people in everyday situations that slowly escalate until everything is suddenly out of control – a slow-motion train wreck, if you will.”
― Seth King, Fem