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When you finally come out, there's a pain that stops, and you know it will never hurt like that again, no matter how much you lose or how bad you die.

Paul Monette

The struggle for true openness and intimacy is a lifelong struggle for all of us, gay and straight alike. And besides, a difficult life brings you to the core of yourself, where you learn what justice is and how it has to be fought for.

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Don't let anyone tell you that the truth can't disappear. If I believe in anything, rather than God, is that I am part of something that goes all the way back to Antigone, and that whatever speaks the truth of our hearts can only make us stronger. Can only give us the power to counter the hate and bigotry and heal this addled world. Just remember: You are not alone.

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The Bible is still the only dirty book I've ever read, at least in its current incarnation as a weapon of the homophobes. Bible scholarship keeps trying to catch up, proving that all the hatred of gay is just stupid translation, though the snake-oil preachers don't want to hear it.

Paul Monette

The problem with secret crushes: in the absence of requital the love turns bitter.

Paul Monette

Paul Monette

Paul Monette

Born: October 16, 1945

Died: February 10, 1995 (aged 49)

Bio: Paul Landry Monette was an American author, poet, and activist best known for his essays about gay relationships.

Known for:

Borrowed Time: An AIDS Memoir (1988)
Becoming a Man: Half a Life Story (1992)
Love Alone: Eighteen Elegies for Rog (1988)
Taking Care of Mrs. Carroll (1978)

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