Harry Hay Quotes

I couldn't bear it if anyone knew I had hardly any self-confidence at all.

On one level, I am a total softie, sort of depressed and afraid of losing the people I love or failing them. To disguise that, there's all this harsh, poop-centric, external swagger, full of nastiness. I'm a cloaking device.

I never give my real self. I have a hundred sides, and I turn first one way and then the other. I am playing a deep game. I have a number of strong cards up my sleeve. I have never been myself, excepting to two friends.

I'm inspired by people who are so sensitive and vulnerable that they try to cover it up.

I always put on a brave face when I was the most terrified, the most trapped and out of control.

Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.

There's a difference between being a poseur and being someone who's so emotionally challenged they're kind of just doing their best to show you what they've got.

When it comes to life and love, why do we believe our worst reviews?

I was desperate really for people not to accuse me of coldness. It was taboo.

I've been pretending to be a man that I'm not my entire life. I've been pretending to be strong when I felt weak, confident when I felt insecure and tough when really I was hurting. And I can tell you right now that it is exhausting.

I never had any friends beyond a certain superficial level. We hate to admit weaknesses. We were raised to want to get ahead, to be good and clever and successful. You're just ashamed to open up.

I wish I didn't care about what people say about me, but I do.

I'm genuinely a big softie, I put this front on, and I'm just a laid-back fool really.

When you meet me and hang out with me, I might come across as a very upbeat, driven person. I don't come across as someone who is wounded.

If you are insecure, then you can't be friends with anyone.

The people who you think are the most solid are often the most hurt.

I'm really scared of everything. I'm very, very emotional. I'm extremely soft!

Please stop looking at me, she thought, afraid of his eyes and terrified of her own heart.

I want find a part of myself that I feel shame about, or that I feel really scared of exposing to the world.

He wore his happiness like a mask and the girl had run off across the lawn with the mask and there was no way of going to knock on her door and ask for it back.

Often the biggest dreamers get hurt the most. They were pure in their insanity and in their isolation. They were living the dream amongst themselves and didn’t realize it. It’s when they invited the public inside their world that everything went wrong.

Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.

So tell me what I see when I look in your eyes, is that you baby or just a brilliant disguise?

Annabeth recognized something else in her face, too - in the hard set of her mouth and the deliberate way she raised her chin like she was ready to accept any challenge. Reyna was forcing a look of courage, while holding back a mixture of hopefulness and worry and fear that she couldn't show in public. Annabeth knew that expression. She saw it every time she looked in a mirror.

We hide the truer part of ourselves when we love.