Roxane Gay quotes

Maybe true love isn't out there for me, but I can sublimate my loneliness with the notion that true love is out there for someone. (Roxane Gay)
I recognize that I'm human, and the older I get, the more I realize how fallible I am, how fallible we all are. View quote
Roxane Gay
We bear witness to the worst of human brutality, retweet what we have witnessed, and then we move on to the next atrocity. There is always more atrocity. View quote
Roxane Gay
Margaret Sanger didn't just introduce the idea of birth control into our culture at large, she freed women from indenture to their bodies. View quote
Roxane Gay
I think there are a lot of rules for women. We have a lot of expectations and a lot of rules for women. So we're expected to march in a straight line, and when we don't, all hell breaks loose. View quote
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In fact, it's the opposite...As a black woman, as a black queer woman, specificity is incredibly important, because diverse experiences are rarely seen in literature. View quote
Roxane Gay
I grew up in this world where fat phobia is pervasive...And I just thought, 'Well, boys don't like fat girls, so if I'm fat, they won't want me and they won't hurt me again.' But more than that, I really wanted to just be bigger so that I could fight harder. View quote
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Because oftentimes I'm the first or the only – so I cannot be the last. View quote
Roxane Gay