The Light of Winter Quotes

“Words would just jump out of my mouth before I even realized what I was thinking.
I was told in no uncertain terms that this was not the way we treated our elders, or anyone for that matter. Our culture is about the respect for everything around us. At that time, they didn’t realize I had Tourette’s.”
― Troian Anderson, The Light of Winter

“There is no such thing as a disability, and we say diffability, because we know you are all different, and possess different abilities.”
― Troian Anderson, The Light of Winter

“My happiness waned, and from that day forward I couldn’t bear anything that suggested I was feminine. I was determined to be a boy. It wasn’t anything I believed I had control over, I just knew I wasn’t right and I had to live my life in the most comfortable way for me, regardless of what anyone else thought or did.”
― Troian Anderson, The Light of Winter

“Once physical beings, of the seven, I probably had the most resistance, as I was not what I expected myself to be. As far as I knew, I was the same as any other child and life was normal, until the day I became gender aware.”
― Troian Anderson, The Light of Winter