It really bothers me when I see people doing my mother in drag. I mean, just imagine if you saw people doing that with your mother.

Gender is between your ears and not between your legs.

I always wanted to shave. It is a very natural process. For my birthday I got a lot of shaving stuff.

When I realised I was transgender I was so afraid of what my transition would do to everyone else in my life and how they would react to it and would I be rejected?

I thought, transgender people are much worse off than I am. That's why they're willing to risk everything to be who they are. But the older I got, the harder it got to stay in my body.

Parents have to understand: if your kid isn't you, don't blame the kid.

I don't have the luxury of doing things privately.

I came out around 25 publicly.

I had felt uncomfortable as a woman my whole life.

I felt like one of the boys. My friends were boys. In school I related to boys.

A lot of parents never speak to their transgender kids again that's not the case in my family.

You cannot marry your past without divorcing your future.

One must learn the rules so one can break them properly.

Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on hold fast hold out. Patience is genius.

You tell me over and over and over again, my friend, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

In the realm of divine consciousness, you can see beyond beliefs, beyond knowing, and beyond not knowing.

Ohh, how clever," Aden said and clapped. "A death threat. You know what's funny? That's not even my first of the day.

I never go anywhere or do anything that transports me outside the boundaries of my mind.

Chaos is hateful. That indeterminate nature of war brings a really unsettling atmosphere to life.

The love of liberty that is not a real principle of dutiful behavior to authority is as hypocritical as the religion that is not productive of a good life.

I don’t think I was born to be in the club. Just to throw that out there.