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“ I knew I was really there, because I was the thing his arms encircled, the thing his love defined. ”

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I may not know what my heart truly holds, but who does? I think we're all mysteries, even to ourselves.

~ Carolyn Ives Gilman

Carolyn Ives Gilman Personal Growth Self Awareness Self Understanding

I'm perfectly natural the way I am. Why can't you humans ever understand that I might not want to be afflicted with gender?

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Carolyn Ives Gilman Agender Born This Way Embrace Who You Are Gender Gender Neutrality Self Love

To die this way seems so random, so trivial. I have been robbed of meaning before being robbed of life. To die in darkness, alone -- for what purpose was I ever alive. It is as if I emerged from darkness into delusion, then sank back into darkness forever.

~ Carolyn Ives Gilman

Carolyn Ives Gilman Darkness Death Isolation Life Meaning

Powerlessness is such a lure, such a poisonous lure.

~ Carolyn Ives Gilman

Carolyn Ives Gilman Independence Self Doubt Self Reliance