“Though our smoke may hide the Heavens from your eyes, It will vanish and the stars will shine again, Because, for all our power and weight and size, We are nothing more than children of your brain!” MayChildrenEyeHeavenStarsBrainWeightShiningSizeSmoke Book:Delphi Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling (Illustrated)
“The rest of the world in which I lived was still stumbling about in search of a weapon with which to exterminate this monster [homosexuality] whose shape and size were not yet known or even guessed at. It was thought to be Greek in origin, smaller than socialism but more deadly, especially to children.” WorldChildrenStillsKnownShapesWeaponsSizeMonstersSocialismGreekHomosexualityStumbling Author:Quentin Crisp