The scars are a way of reminding me that the past is real. They are honorable.

By coming out to ourselves, we free up the energy we spent keeping a part of ourselves hidden.

Prejudice usually can't survive close contact with the people who are supposed to be so despicable, which is why the propagandists for hate always preach separation.

If you live in a society that wishes you didn't exist, anything you do to make yourself happy disrupts its attempts to wipe you out, or at the very least, make you invisible.

When you're hurting another person, past a certain point you're cracking them open and whatever's inside them gets all over you. So you should kinda check out whether you want that to happen.

Responsibility without power is a really bad deal.

SM is an art. Doing it well requires more than a bag full of expensive whips and exotic electrical toys, a closet full of fetish clothes, or a basement filled with bondage furniture.

A lot of people who are depressed, I think, are suffering from blocked creativity.

If your relationship with someone is based on your desire for them to change into something radically different, there's no real closeness there, no real communication.

This is one of the reasons we need to transition: people can't validate an identity they can't see.

When it comes to your inner critic, my advice is to not take advice from someone who doesn't like you. That's like returning to the perpetrator for healing after you've been abused.

Do you love him?"There were only a few people in the world who could ask me such insanely personal questions without getting punched. Dimitri was one of them.

Often our thoughts, choices and actions are not aligned to reach our desired goals and we prefer to call it destiny.

May the nights always be aglowwith the bliss of the daywith unharmed hands and feetand kissed cheeks.

Staying married to one person was boring. She figured she was too complicated for that. Interesting people had complicated lives.

I've always turned my anger inwards towards self-destruction.

The most inspiring leaders are those who... inspire the rest of us to be our best selves and to match our skills with our passions. They give us confidence to pursue our dreams.

Question your answers, Truth has no anger

It's very nice to feel. You're nothing. You're just nothing when you're near a volcano.

Leinster House does not inspire the brightest ideas.

I've always been open. That's made my resume. I go with what happens, and then I try to make good choices with what I get offered.