Who We Are Quotes

“Because they’re wrong. People who judge me are wrong. There’s nothing wrong with me. There’s nothing wrong with being gay, or how I dress, or how I choose to express myself. I’m not hurting anyone, but they’re hurting me. If I change to fit in with their misguided opinions then I’m just reinforcing them. On top of that, their lives wouldn’t alter. They don’t know me. They have an issue with gay people in general, not me personally. So, if I changed who I was to fit in with what they deem an acceptable society, it wouldn’t affect them, but it would affect me. I’d be living a lie. I’d be miserable, and they wouldn’t even know about it. They’d find another gay person to disapprove of. So why do that? Why change for people who don’t even know who I am?” This”
― Nicola Haken, Who We Are

“So, if I changed who I was to fit in with what they deem an acceptable society, it wouldn’t affect them, but it would affect me. I’d be living a lie. I’d be miserable, and they wouldn’t even know about it. They’d find another gay person to disapprove of. So why do that? Why change for people who don’t even know who I am?”
― Nicola Haken, Who We Are

“Bout time,” Rhys interrupted. “You know, they say however you look when you die is how your ghost will look forever.” His eyes roamed up and down my body, narrowing in disapproval at the sight of my plain grey joggers – that hung a little looser on my hips than they used to - and boring T-shirt. “Do you really want that to be your ghost outfit?” “Rhys!”
― Nicola Haken, Who We Are

“Life, and love, just… happens.”
― Nicola Haken, Who We Are

“See, when you're a blue fish you've got a whole pool of other blue fish you can mingle with. The blue fish like you because you're the same as them. When you're a pink fish you can hang out with all the other pink fish, go to pink fish bars, attend pink fish parades, talk about what it's like to be a pink fish. But when you're a purple fish, you'd be amazed how many blue and pink fishes look at you like you're a fucking shark.”
― Nicola Haken, Who We Are