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Harriet: [making an excuse] Um... I'm looking for a copy of The Wheat-Free Guide to Creative Visualization in Co-dependent Past-Life Relationships. Mo: Huh. Jeez, I never heard of that one... Wonder if it's in spirituality or cooking. (Alison Bechdel)
Ginger: Get off it, Mo. If I can't ogle, I don't want to be part of your revolution. View quote
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I suppose that a lifetime spent hiding one's erotic truth could have a cumulative renunciatory effect. Sexual shame is in itself a kind of death. View quote
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Grief takes many forms, including the absence of grief. View quote
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People really want to think that these things really happened. I don't know why that important, but I know that when I finish reading a novel or something, I want to know how much of that really happened to this author. View quote
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And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me. View quote
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Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl. View quote
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Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to get home from school and get out of it. The last thing I wanted to read was minute descriptions of Nancy's frocks. View quote
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Even drawing gray hair at all is difficult to render in black and white. View quote
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For some reason writing and drawing are very separate processes for me. View quote
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It was a vicious cycle, though. The more gratification we found in our own geniuses, the more isolated we grew. (Alison Bechdel)
Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow. View quote
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Sometimes I wish the writing and drawing were more integrated. View quote
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It was not a triumphal return. Home, as I had known it, was gone. View quote
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I'm pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history. View quote
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I never really read superhero stuff as a kid. View quote
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Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them. View quote
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I still found literary criticism to be a suspect activity. View quote
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But I read comic books. I read things like Richie Rich and Little Lulu. View quote
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Mostly it was Mad magazine. And I did read a lot of - I had a subscription when I was little, but I also had access to some old collections, the little paperbacks of the really good stuff. View quote
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When I was growing up in the 1960s, there was starting to be more books geared towards young adults. (Alison Bechdel)
Toni: Mamá... MAMÁ! I'm paying peak long-distance rates here. Could you save the Hail Marys until we hang up? View quote
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Lois: [intercepting a man in the women's bookstore] Can I help you find something, sir? Man: Um... just browsing. Lois: Hmm... I find that publication rather tame myself. Have you ever seen this one? This month there's a hot photo spread of three totally tattooed babes with strap-ons doing an armpit shaving scene. And if you're looking for a real thrill, check out the story, "She Came in Waves," in this new female ejaculation anthology! Man: 'Scuse me, I think I left my car at a hydrant. View quote
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Nurse: Ker... Kru... Crutchoffski, breast conservation? How are we feeling? Sydney: A bit like an endangered wetland. View quote
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[A social worker has shown up to talk about Raffi's adoption during dinner with Toni's parents] Sr. Ortiz: What's going on here? Toni: Uh... mamá y papá, Gwynne... viene de la iglesia! ¡Sí, sí! Y viene para hablar... uh... del bautizo de Rafael! Decidimos que sería bueno que lo bautizaramos! (Mom, dad... Gwynne is... from the church! Yeah! And she's here to talk about, uh... Rafael's christening! We've decided to get him baptized!) Sra. Ortiz: Gracias a Dios! Sr. Ortiz: How very good of you to come, Sister. Gwynne: Back at ya, brother! It's a pleasure in this day and age to meet folks who are so supportive of their daughter's decision. Sra. Ortiz: That is unusual?! This country is even more wicked than I thought! Gwynne: Yes, it's a shame, but many lesbians' parents tend to disapprove. Sr. Ortiz: What does her being a ... a homosexual have to do with it? Gwynne: Exactly, Mr. Ortiz! If only more people felt like you! View quote
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