“I know how I was born and I know that I have no choice. I know it may not show on the color of my skin, but I know it's in my heart and in my soul.” KnowsHeartMaySoulShowsChoicesBornKnow HowColorMy HeartSkinsMy Soul Author:Sara Quin
“If something gets under my own skin, and keeps reoccurring, it starts to take on a certain weight and value, and I think, "I have to put this in the song. I have no choice but to mention Greek Cypriots in this song." It's a little internal challenge to myself. Like creating little imaginary rituals in yourself to help the song go from nonexisting to existing.” IfsThinkingLittlesHelpingCertainValuesSongChoicesChallengesMy OwnCreatingSkinsWeightGreekInternalsRitualImaginaryCypriots Author:Andrew Bird
“People are realizing that being gay is just as defining as the color of our skin and it's not a choice. I'm really encouraged. I think in my lifetime we will achieve equality. I'm honored to be a part of it.” PeopleThinkingChoicesRealizingAchieveColorGaySkinsLifetimeHonoredDefiningBeing Gay Author:Leslie Jordan
“Curse him for being all tight muscle, with ivory skin and a mouth as soft as rose petals. Curse him for having hair as fair as the sun, and eyes as black as night. Curse him for having the grace of a cat and deft, cool hands. And now I am having the same argument on paper that I have in my own head on too many nights. I know my choice is sensible, but it isn't my common sense I think with, those times Rosto's stolen a kiss from me.” ThinkingKnowsHandsEyeNightChoicesBlackMy OwnCommonSunGraceHairKissingPaperMouthsFairsArgumentCatSkinsRoseCommon SenseCurseMusclesSensibleStolenPetalsIvoryRose Petals Author:Tamora Pierce
“I thought of how proud he was when he took the marks- cutting the skin of his throat in a long slash and then packing it with ashes until keloid scars rose up. He called it his second smile.” LongChoicesCuttingProudSkinsMarkRoseThroatScarAshesPacking Book:Red Glove Source: Red Glove
“The question of what we are can only be answered by ourselves. We each decide what we are by the life choices we make. How we were made, who are parents are, where we are from, the color of our skin, who we choose to love, all those things do not define us. Our actions define us, and will keep defining us until even after death.” MadeActionChoicesParentColorSkinsDefiningOur ActionsAfter DeathLife Choices Book:Destined Source: Destined
“I, as a responsible adult human being, will never concede the power to anyone to regulate my choice of what I put into my body, or where I go with my mind. From the skin inwards is my jurisdiction, is it not? I choose what may or may not cross that border. Here I am the Customs Agent. I am the Coast guard. I am the sole legal and spiritual government of this territory, and only the laws I choose to enact within myself are applicable” MindHumansMayBodyGovernmentSpiritualLawChoicesHuman BeingsAdultsCrossesSkinsResponsibleAgentsBordersCustomsTerritoryMarijuanaSoleCoastHere I AmJurisdictionCoast Guard Author:Alexander Shulgin