“All live by seeming. The beggar begs with it, and the gay courtier Gains land and title, rank and rule, by seeming; The clergy scorn it not, and the bold soldier Will eke with it his service.--All admit it, All practise it; and he who is content With showing what he is, shall have small credit In church, or camp, or state.--So wags the world.” WorldStatesChurchLandGayGainsSoldierCreditTitlesHypocrisyLive ByCampsScornBeggarSeemingClergyPractiseWagsCourtiers Book:The Waverley novels. 25 vols. Source: The Waverley novels. 25 vols.
“People were saying that David Geffen and I had gotten married and it just blew me away. Not that they thought I was gay, but that they thought I could land a guy that hot.” PeopleGuyLandGayMarriedHotGay Pride Author:Keanu Reeves
“How innocent were these Trees, that in Mist-green May, blown by a prospering breeze, Stood garlanded and gay; Who now in sundown glow Of serious colour clad confront me with their show As though resigned and sad, Trees, who unwhispering stand umber, bronze, gold; Pavilioning the land for one grown tired and old; Elm, chestnut, aspen and pine, I am merged in you, Who tell once more in tones of time, Your foliaged farewell.” MayShowsFallTreeLandSeriousGayGoldGreenTiredInnocentToneColourFarewellBreezeMistResignedBronzeChestnutsProsperingAspens Book:Sequences Source: Sequences
“The laws of our land are catching up to the fundamental truth that millions of Americans hold in our hearts: when all Americans are treated as equal, no matter who they are or whom they love, we are all more free.” HeartMatterLawMillionsLandGayEqualFundamentalsTreatedCatchingCatching Up Author:Barack Obama
“O, say does that star-spangled flag of pride yet wave? O'er the land of the free, and the home for the gay!” DoeHomeStarsFreedomLandPrideGayWaveFlagsLand Of The Free Author:Lady Gaga