"Fear prophets and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.“

-Umberto Eco

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"In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or a man either, a human being, without feeling fear, restraint, or obligation."

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