3 > "My dear, let us hope it is not true; but, if it is true, let us hope it will not become generally known."
5 > —[probably apocryphal](http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/02/09/darwinism-hope-pray/) reaction to Darwin's theory of natural selection
7 (This is Worth a Fight?)
8 > "—but if one hundred thousand straights can turn up, to show their support for the gay community, why can't you?"
10 > I said wearily, "Because every time I hear the word _community_, I know I'm being manipulated. If there is such a thing as _the gay community_, I'm certainly not a part of it. As it happens, I don't want to spend my life watching _gay and lesbian_ television channels, using _gay and lesbian_ new systems ... or going to _gay and lesbian_ street parades. It's all so ... proprietary. You'd think there was a multinational corporation who had the franchise rights on homosexuality. And if you don't _market the product_ their way, you're some kind of second-class, inferior, bootleg, unauthorized queer."
12 > —"Cocoon" by Greg Egan
14 > She's AFAB enby but I'm not quite sure what that means
16 > —["Girl All the Bad Guys Want"](https://genius.com/Bowling-for-soup-girl-all-the-bad-guys-want-lyrics) by Bowling for Soup (paraphrased)
18 > What is the most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.
22 > I knew the mass of men conceal'd
23 > Their thoughts, for fear that if reveal'd
24 > They would by other men be met
25 > With blank indifference, or with blame reprov'd;
26 > I knew they liv'd and mov'd
27 > Trick'd in disguises, alien to the rest
28 > Of men, and alien to themselves—and yet
29 > The same heart beats in every human breast!
31 > "The Buried Life" by Matthew Arnold
33 > All should be laid open to you without reserve, for there is not a truth existing which I fear, or would wish unknown to the whole world
37 > Ultimately every examined life can be interpreted as a disaster; looking closely enough we can always discover psychological and social forces that provide fuel for unlimited rage. [...] But no life can transcend its own disasters unless it celebrates its uniqueness and contributes that which only it can contribute. Life is perverted if one is constantly reacting, never initiating, but always allowing rage to define it.
39 > —Steven Goldberg, _Why Men Rule: A Theory of Male Dominance_
41 quote that _Blindsight_ passage about an evil god setting males and females against each other
45 (An Infovist's Advisory)
46 > I said, "The truth is whatever you can get away with."
48 > "No, that's journalism. The truth is whatever you can't escape."
50 > —_Distress_ by Greg Egan
52 (Simple Models Plus Noise Are Better ...)
53 > The study of psychology is a violation of my privacy.
55 > —[@InstanceOfClass](https://twitter.com/InstanceOfClass/status/296450595420778497)
57 (response to hate mail)
58 > And believe me I am still alive
59 > I'm doing science and I'm still alive
60 > I feel fantastic and I'm still alive
61 > While you're dying I'll be still alive
62 > And when you're dead I will be still alive
64 > —_Portal_ end credits song
67 > You sound so innocent
68 > All full of good intent
69 > You swear you know best
70 > But you expect me to
71 > Jump up on board with you
72 > And ride off into your delusional sunset
74 > —"King of Anything" by Sara Bareilles
76 (Collective Guilt, Collective Shame)
77 > "My taxon, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right."
79 > —Carl Shurz (paraphrased)
81 (Blanchard's Dangerous Idea)
82 > If you could only know
85 > —[_Steven Universe_ extended theme](https://youtu.be/H23rpzOAIzQ?t=48s)
87 (sex differences are the right thing to deny)
88 > Some mommies are ranchers, or poetry makers
89 > Or doctors or teachers, or cleaners or bakers
90 > Some mommies drive taxis, or sing on TV
91 > Yeah, mommies can be almost anything they want to be!
93 > (Well, they can't be grandfathers
96 > —"Parents Are People", _Free to Be You and Me_
98 (The Gender Czar's Compromise)
99 > Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration.
103 (critiquing Julia Serano on trans being natural)
104 > Because it's going to be the future soon
105 > And I won't always be this way
106 > When the things that make me weak and strange
107 > Get engineered away
109 > —"The Future Soon" by Jonathan Coulton
111 (how long can the lie endure?? what happens when it all falls down?)
112 > It's time to put an end to this deception
114 > When the whole thing is at an end
115 > And you learn that it's just pretend
116 > You'll cry "Deception"
118 > —"Deception", _Jem_
120 > Ooh-bi-doo, I wanna be like you
121 > I want to walk like you, talk like you, too
122 > You see it's true, an ape like me
123 > Can learn to be like you, too
125 > —"I Wanna Be Like You", _The Jungle Book_
128 Moliere on "dormative virtue"
130 (Blanchard's Dangerous Idea)
132 > The man has only one look, for Christ's sake! Crossdresser, demigirl, trans woman? They're the _same people_!
134 > Doesn't anyone notice this? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!
136 > —[_Zoolander_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbKBWtoH93Q) (paraphrased)
138 > Perhaps someday we [...] will be able to forthrightly acknowledge the paraphilic hand we were dealt and play that hand without equivocation or apology.
140 > —Anne Lawrence, _Men Trapped in Men's Bodies_
142 (The Hand I Was Dealt)
143 > Well this is the one that I had to write, it's like a
144 > A letter of love with no love left out
146 > —"Dying to Begin" by Stretch Princess
148 (The Hand I Was Dealt?)
149 > I'll write my way out
150 > Write everything down, far as I can see
151 > I'll write my way out
152 > Overwhelm them with honesty
153 > This is the eye of the hurricane
154 > This is the only way I can protect my legacy
156 > —"Hurricane", _Hamilton_
159 > The other side of me
160 > I'm just like anybody else, can't you tell
163 > The girl that I want you to know
164 > If only I could show
165 > The other side, the other side, the other side of me
167 > —"The Other Side of Me" by Hannah Montana
170 > I would be your girl
172 > —"The One That Got Away" by Katy Perry
174 > He once said, "None of the other Rationals I've ever met have anything but an empty-head for an Emotional. I'm lucky." She had said, "But the other Rationals seem to like empty-heads. Why are you different from them, Odeen?" Odeen did not deny that the other Rationals liked empty-heads. He just said, "I've never figured it out and I don't think it's important that I do. I'm pleased with you and I'm pleased that I'm pleased."
176 > —_The Gods Themselves_ by Isaac Asimov
180 Less obviously fitting—
182 > Knowing his occupation and observing him briefly and superficially were sufficient, together, for me to guess confidently about aspects of Edwin's life that he never mentioned. I know what he was like as a boy. I know what kind of person he is sexually attracted to. I know what kinds of activities interest him and what kinds do not. I am least sure what he will look like five years from now.
184 > —J. Michael Bailey, _The Man Who Would Be Queen: the Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism_, Preface
186 > I cannot believe my eyes
187 > How the world's filled with filth and lies
188 > But it's plain to see
192 > —"My Eyes", _Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog_
194 > "I will destroy you and steal your fiancé, booty booty booty booty rocking everywhere!"
196 > —[from](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF2HCgzxMDA) _Friendship Is Witchcraft_, "Foaly Matripony"
198 > And there's a fine, fine line
199 > Between what you wanted
201 > You've got to go after the things you want
202 > While you're still in your prime
204 > —"There's a Fine, Fine Line", _Avenue Q_
206 > I know there's more that's out there
207 > And I just haven't found it yet
208 > I know there's more that's out there
209 > Another me I haven't met
211 > —"What More Is Out There", _My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games_
213 > I don't give a damn about my reputation
214 > You're living in the past it's a new generation
215 > A girl can do what she wants to do
216 > And that's what I'm gonna do
218 > —"Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett
220 > "The Order of Silent Confessors exists in the hope that, so long as humanity is sane, it can make choices in accordance with its true desires. Thus there is our Order dedicated _only_ to that, and sworn not to interfere in politics. So you will spend more time discussing this scenario, my lords, my ladies, and only then generate solutions. And then ... you will decide."
222 > —[_Three Worlds Collide_](http://lesswrong.com/lw/y6/war_andor_peace_28/) by Eliezer Yudkowsky
224 > The realization blasted through Harry like a vast dam breaking, releasing out all its water, bursting through his mind in an irresistible flood that swept everything away.
226 > There is only one reality that generates all of the observations.
228 > If different observations seem to point in incompatible directions, it means the true hypothesis is one you haven't thought of yet.
230 > —_Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality_ by Eliezer Yudkowsky
232 > I don't want to sabotage you
233 > But you see, I've got to try
235 > —"I'll Fly", _My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic_
237 > Sometimes the things you want
238 > Are not the things you need
239 > And it was right there in front of me
241 > —"Right There in Front of Me", _My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games_
243 http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit/