X-Git-Url: http://unremediatedgender.space/source?a=blobdiff_plain;f=epigraph_quotes.md;h=cde48a69092a3b837fd820cd8a45bc6d70441dac;hb=699862f7ba3da8f6e26ee5d3dd17ee072aeaba8e;hp=f7a646294b4f78f117b5b2ea87a215afaa7d03df;hpb=b5c11aa4f6f86b6f5d9eb16509c2e302397c2f25;p=Ultimately_Untrue_Thought.git diff --git a/epigraph_quotes.md b/epigraph_quotes.md index f7a6462..cde48a6 100644 --- a/epigraph_quotes.md +++ b/epigraph_quotes.md @@ -2,21 +2,18 @@ > > —J. Michael Bailey, _The Man Who Would Be Queen: the Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism_, Preface +(An Infovist's Advisory) +> I said, "The truth is whatever you can get away with." +> +> "No, that's journalism. The truth is whatever you can't escape." +> +> —_Distress_ by Greg Egan + (Simple Models Plus Noise Are Better ...) > The study of psychology is a violation of my privacy. > > —[@InstanceOfClass](https://twitter.com/InstanceOfClass/status/296450595420778497) -(As Well for a Sheep as a Lamb) -> Don't let them in -> Don't let them see -> Be the good girl you always have to be -> Conceal, don't feel -> Don't let them know -> Well now they know -> -> —"Let It Go", _Frozen_ - > I cannot believe my eyes > How the world's filled with filth and lies > But it's plain to see @@ -25,6 +22,7 @@ > > —"My Eyes", _Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog_ +(response to hate mail) > And believe me I am still alive > I'm doing science and I'm still alive > I feel fantastic and I'm still alive @@ -54,25 +52,6 @@ > > —[_Steven Universe_ extended theme](https://youtu.be/H23rpzOAIzQ?t=48s) -> And since your history of silence -> Won't do you any good -> Did you think it would? -> Let your words be anything but empty -> Why don't you tell them the truth? -> -> Say what you want to say -> And let the words fall out -> Honestly -> I want to see you be brave -> -> —"Brave" by Sara Bareilles - -> Not what teacher said to do -> Making dreams come true -> Living tissue, warm flesh, weird science! -> -> —"Weird Science" by Oingo Boingo - > "My dear, let us hope it is not true; but, if it is true, let us hope it will not become generally known." > > —[probably apocryphal](http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/02/09/darwinism-hope-pray/) reaction to Darwin's theory of natural selection @@ -95,8 +74,8 @@ > Some mommies drive taxis, or sing on TV > Yeah, mommies can be almost anything they want to be! > -> Well, they can't be grandfathers -> Or daddies +> (Well, they can't be grandfathers +> Or daddies!) > > —"Parents Are People", _Free to Be You and Me_ @@ -106,7 +85,7 @@ > > —"Cocoon" by Greg Egan -(on commissioning transfeminine as a separate gender role because AGPs aren't real women) +(The Gender Czar's Compromise) > Should array indices start at 0 or 1? My compromise of 0.5 was rejected without, I thought, proper consideration. > > —Stan Kelly-Bootle @@ -143,8 +122,70 @@ > > —"I Wanna Be Like You", _The Jungle Book_ -> I said, "The truth is whatever you can get away with." +Moliere on "dormative virtue" + +> I don't want to sabotage you +> But you see, I've got to try > -> "No, that's journalism. The truth is whatever you can't escape." +> —"I'll Fly", _My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic_ + +(the story of my name??) +> Sometimes the things you want +> Are not the things you need +> And it was right there in front of me > -> —_Distress_ by Greg Egan +> —"Right There in Front of Me", _My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games_ + +> MUGATU +> The man has only one look, for Christ's sake! Crossdresser, demigirl, trans woman? They're the _same people_! +> +> Doesn't anyone notice this? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills! +> +> —[_Zoolander_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbKBWtoH93Q) (paraphrased) + +> I knew the mass of men conceal'd +> Their thoughts, for fear that if reveal'd +> They would by other men be met +> With blank indifference, or with blame reprov'd; +> I knew they liv'd and mov'd +> Trick'd in disguises, alien to the rest +> Of men, and alien to themselves—and yet +> The same heart beats in every human breast! +> +> "The Buried Life" by Matthew Arnold + +> I know there's more that's out there +> And I just haven't found it yet +> I know there's more that's out there +> Another me I haven't met +> +> —"What More Is Out There", _My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Friendship Games_ + +> I don't give a damn about my reputation +> You're living in the past it's a new generation +> A girl can do what she wants to do +> And that's what I'm gonna do +> +> —"Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett + +> 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 +> +> —Thomas Jefferson + +http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit/ + +(The Hand I Was Dealt) +> This is the one that I had to write +> It's like a letter of love with no love left out +> +> —"Dying to Begin" by Stretch Princess + +(The Hand I Was Dealt) +> I'll write my way out +> Write everything down, far as I can see +> I'll write my way out +> Overwhelm them with honesty +> This is the eye of the hurricane +> This is the only way I can protect my legacy +> +> —"Hurricane", _Hamilton_