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
66 (Collective Guilt, Collective Shame)
67 > "My taxon, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right."
69 > —Carl Shurz (paraphrased)
71 (Blanchard's Dangerous Idea)
72 > If you could only know
75 > —[_Steven Universe_ extended theme](https://youtu.be/H23rpzOAIzQ?t=48s)
77 (sex differences are the right thing to deny)
78 > Some mommies are ranchers, or poetry makers
79 > Or doctors or teachers, or cleaners or bakers
80 > Some mommies drive taxis, or sing on TV
81 > Yeah, mommies can be almost anything they want to be!
83 > (Well, they can't be grandfathers
86 > —"Parents Are People", _Free to Be You and Me_
88 (The Gender Czar's Compromise)
89 > Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration.
93 (critiquing Julia Serano on trans being natural)
94 > Because it's going to be the future soon
95 > And I won't always be this way
96 > When the things that make me weak and strange
99 > —"The Future Soon" by Jonathan Coulton
101 (how long can the lie endure?? what happens when it all falls down?)
102 > It's time to put an end to this deception
104 > When the whole thing is at an end
105 > And you learn that it's just pretend
106 > You'll cry "Deception"
108 > —"Deception", _Jem_
110 > Ooh-bi-doo, I wanna be like you
111 > I want to walk like you, talk like you, too
112 > You see it's true, an ape like me
113 > Can learn to be like you, too
115 > —"I Wanna Be Like You", _The Jungle Book_
118 Moliere on "dormative virtue"
120 (Blanchard's Dangerous Idea)
122 > The man has only one look, for Christ's sake! Crossdresser, demigirl, trans woman? They're the _same people_!
124 > Doesn't anyone notice this? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!
126 > —[_Zoolander_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbKBWtoH93Q) (paraphrased)
128 > Perhaps someday we [...] will be able to forthrightly acknowledge the paraphilic hand we were dealt and play that hand without equivocation or apology.
130 > —Anne Lawrence, _Men Trapped in Men's Bodies_
132 (The Hand I Was Dealt)
133 > Well this is the one that I had to write, it's like a
134 > A letter of love with no love left out
136 > —"Dying to Begin" by Stretch Princess
138 (The Hand I Was Dealt?)
139 > I'll write my way out
140 > Write everything down, far as I can see
141 > I'll write my way out
142 > Overwhelm them with honesty
143 > This is the eye of the hurricane
144 > This is the only way I can protect my legacy
146 > —"Hurricane", _Hamilton_
149 > The other side of me
150 > I'm just like anybody else, can't you tell
153 > The girl that I want you to know
154 > If only I could show
155 > The other side, the other side, the other side of me
157 > —"The Other Side of Me" by Hannah Montana
160 > I would be your girl
162 > —"The One That Got Away" by Katy Perry
164 > 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."
166 > —_The Gods Themselves_ by Isaac Asimov
170 Less obviously fitting—
172 > 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.
174 > —J. Michael Bailey, _The Man Who Would Be Queen: the Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism_, Preface
176 > I cannot believe my eyes
177 > How the world's filled with filth and lies
178 > But it's plain to see
182 > —"My Eyes", _Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog_
184 > "I will destroy you and steal your fiancé, booty booty booty booty rocking everywhere!"
186 > —[from](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF2HCgzxMDA) _Friendship Is Witchcraft_, "Foaly Matripony"
188 > And there's a fine, fine line
189 > Between what you wanted
191 > You've got to go after the things you want
192 > While you're still in your prime
194 > —"There's a Fine, Fine Line", _Avenue Q_
196 > I know there's more that's out there
197 > And I just haven't found it yet
198 > I know there's more that's out there
199 > Another me I haven't met
201 > —"What More Is Out There", _My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games_
203 > I don't give a damn about my reputation
204 > You're living in the past it's a new generation
205 > A girl can do what she wants to do
206 > And that's what I'm gonna do
208 > —"Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett
210 > "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."
212 > —[_Three Worlds Collide_](http://lesswrong.com/lw/y6/war_andor_peace_28/) by Eliezer Yudkowsky
214 > 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.
216 > There is only one reality that generates all of the observations.
218 > If different observations seem to point in incompatible directions, it means the true hypothesis is one you haven't thought of yet.
220 > —_Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality_ by Eliezer Yudkowsky
222 > I don't want to sabotage you
223 > But you see, I've got to try
225 > —"I'll Fly", _My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic_
227 > Sometimes the things you want
228 > Are not the things you need
229 > And it was right there in front of me
231 > —"Right There in Front of Me", _My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games_
233 http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit/