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_
43 (An Infovist's Advisory)
44 > I said, "The truth is whatever you can get away with."
46 > "No, that's journalism. The truth is whatever you can't escape."
48 > —_Distress_ by Greg Egan
50 (Simple Models Plus Noise Are Better ...)
51 > The study of psychology is a violation of my privacy.
53 > —[@InstanceOfClass](https://twitter.com/InstanceOfClass/status/296450595420778497)
55 (response to hate mail)
56 > And believe me I am still alive
57 > I'm doing science and I'm still alive
58 > I feel fantastic and I'm still alive
59 > While you're dying I'll be still alive
60 > And when you're dead I will be still alive
62 > —_Portal_ end credits song
65 > You sound so innocent
66 > All full of good intent
67 > You swear you know best
68 > But you expect me to
69 > Jump up on board with you
70 > And ride off into your delusional sunset
72 > —"King of Anything" by Sara Bareilles
74 (Collective Guilt, Collective Shame)
75 > "My taxon, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right."
77 > —Carl Shurz (paraphrased)
79 (Blanchard's Dangerous Idea)
80 > If you could only know
83 > —[_Steven Universe_ extended theme](https://youtu.be/H23rpzOAIzQ?t=48s)
85 (sex differences are the right thing to deny)
86 > Some mommies are ranchers, or poetry makers
87 > Or doctors or teachers, or cleaners or bakers
88 > Some mommies drive taxis, or sing on TV
89 > Yeah, mommies can be almost anything they want to be!
91 > (Well, they can't be grandfathers
94 > —"Parents Are People", _Free to Be You and Me_
96 (The Gender Czar's Compromise)
97 > Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration.
101 (critiquing Julia Serano on trans being natural)
102 > Because it's going to be the future soon
103 > And I won't always be this way
104 > When the things that make me weak and strange
105 > Get engineered away
107 > —"The Future Soon" by Jonathan Coulton
109 (how long can the lie endure?? what happens when it all falls down?)
110 > It's time to put an end to this deception
112 > When the whole thing is at an end
113 > And you learn that it's just pretend
114 > You'll cry "Deception"
116 > —"Deception", _Jem_
118 > Ooh-bi-doo, I wanna be like you
119 > I want to walk like you, talk like you, too
120 > You see it's true, an ape like me
121 > Can learn to be like you, too
123 > —"I Wanna Be Like You", _The Jungle Book_
126 Moliere on "dormative virtue"
128 (Blanchard's Dangerous Idea)
130 > The man has only one look, for Christ's sake! Crossdresser, demigirl, trans woman? They're the _same people_!
132 > Doesn't anyone notice this? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!
134 > —[_Zoolander_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbKBWtoH93Q) (paraphrased)
136 > Perhaps someday we [...] will be able to forthrightly acknowledge the paraphilic hand we were dealt and play that hand without equivocation or apology.
138 > —Anne Lawrence, _Men Trapped in Men's Bodies_
140 (The Hand I Was Dealt)
141 > Well this is the one that I had to write, it's like a
142 > A letter of love with no love left out
144 > —"Dying to Begin" by Stretch Princess
146 (The Hand I Was Dealt?)
147 > I'll write my way out
148 > Write everything down, far as I can see
149 > I'll write my way out
150 > Overwhelm them with honesty
151 > This is the eye of the hurricane
152 > This is the only way I can protect my legacy
154 > —"Hurricane", _Hamilton_
157 > The other side of me
158 > I'm just like anybody else, can't you tell
161 > The girl that I want you to know
162 > If only I could show
163 > The other side, the other side, the other side of me
165 > —"The Other Side of Me" by Hannah Montana
168 > I would be your girl
170 > —"The One That Got Away" by Katy Perry
172 > 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."
174 > —_The Gods Themselves_ by Isaac Asimov
178 Less obviously fitting—
180 > 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.
182 > —J. Michael Bailey, _The Man Who Would Be Queen: the Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism_, Preface
184 > I cannot believe my eyes
185 > How the world's filled with filth and lies
186 > But it's plain to see
190 > —"My Eyes", _Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog_
192 > "I will destroy you and steal your fiancé, booty booty booty booty rocking everywhere!"
194 > —[from](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF2HCgzxMDA) _Friendship Is Witchcraft_, "Foaly Matripony"
196 > And there's a fine, fine line
197 > Between what you wanted
199 > You've got to go after the things you want
200 > While you're still in your prime
202 > —"There's a Fine, Fine Line", _Avenue Q_
204 > I know there's more that's out there
205 > And I just haven't found it yet
206 > I know there's more that's out there
207 > Another me I haven't met
209 > —"What More Is Out There", _My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games_
211 > I don't give a damn about my reputation
212 > You're living in the past it's a new generation
213 > A girl can do what she wants to do
214 > And that's what I'm gonna do
216 > —"Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett
218 > "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."
220 > —[_Three Worlds Collide_](http://lesswrong.com/lw/y6/war_andor_peace_28/) by Eliezer Yudkowsky
222 > 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.
224 > There is only one reality that generates all of the observations.
226 > If different observations seem to point in incompatible directions, it means the true hypothesis is one you haven't thought of yet.
228 > —_Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality_ by Eliezer Yudkowsky
230 > I don't want to sabotage you
231 > But you see, I've got to try
233 > —"I'll Fly", _My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic_
235 > Sometimes the things you want
236 > Are not the things you need
237 > And it was right there in front of me
239 > —"Right There in Front of Me", _My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games_
241 http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit/