The U.S. military is so far behind the rest of our society.

The implementation of don't ask, don't tell's repeal has gone very, very well.

We have strong statistical evidence that shows that transgender people are twice as likely as their fellow citizens to join the military, to have served in the military.

Transgender people have served, are serving, and will continue to serve.

I'm just one example of thousands of transgender veterans and people who are actively serving today.

Our allies, Great Britain, Australia, Israel, some of the strongest militaries in the world, allow transgender people to serve openly and have experienced no ill effects from that.

Another thing I need to do, when I'm near the end of the book, is sleep in the same room with it...Somehow the book doesn't leave you when you're asleep right next to it.

Did you tell them that you made love to the poet?Did you tell them that our lovechild is an elegy?

Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned.

Experience is not necessarily accumulated over the extent of time lived. In my opinion, it is accumulated over the degree and variety of activities a person has been involved in

I shot me a nice deer, and I hung it on the den wall in my house. My neighbor comes over and he says, Did you shoot that thing? I said, Nope. He ran through the wall and got stuck. Here's your sign.

she may not be the most popular or prettiest but if you love her and she makes you smile.. what else matters?

Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity.

A balanced person will get depressed, discouraged, frustrated and angry sometimes, but doesn't direct it towards anybody else. If they do, they quickly realize they made a mistake.

It is better to have no emotion when it is work. Do what needs to be done, and do it coolly.

It's difficult to change, because I have to admit that I have been previously living in a less compassionate and loving way. Sometimes we just want to be right instead of fully conscious.