"The Well of Loneliness" Quotes

Love is stronger than Life. It reaches beyond the dark shadow of Death.

The world seems to me excruciatingly boring when I think of my fellow beings.

Pain and pleasure, like light, are substances that differ merely in their vibratory rate.

The world that I should have inherited was a world of peace: that, and some more luxurious kind of collective existence than man has ever enjoyed.

All the world seemed good and kind, and although I knew that countless ills went on in it, in truth I believed that each day would make the world better.

Ignorance is inexcusable; it is the poison that destroys the pliable sensations of justice, honor, truth - everything that makes life worthwhile.

When it comes to love, entertainment is an insult.

A false environment has been created and through it we try to find the way home.

When a creature must walk on all-fours it can't carry its burden on its heart.

We are in our gender and happiness consists in understanding the limitations of one's environment.