“All government, in its essence, is a conspiracy against the superior man: its one permanent object is to oppress him and cripple him. If it be aristocratic in organization, then it seeks to protect the man who is superior only in law against the man who is superior in fact; if it be democratic, then…”— H. L. Mencken, amazon.com
“Somehow, we have internalized the idea that to be in love is to put up with your partner’s snoring, insomnia, or thrashing midnight movements until the day one of you dies—or you break up because you’re so sleep-deprived.”— Rosie Spinks, qz.com
“The best way to get over the fear of the unknown is to make it known.”— McKenzie Schwark, zine.talktabu.com
“In the township where I was at, homosexuality was the ultimate taboo. It was never discussed, never. I had desires to be with someone, but never met anyone that was gay, that I know of; so that was sexually frustrating.”— Jeffrey Dahmer,
“Mental health is a taboo subject. No one wants to talk about something that they can’t see, thus can’t understand. People have this misconception about suicide because society has portrayed to them this corrupt concept thus they believe it. If we change the conversation we can change the way people…”— Amy Bleuel, medium.com
“Check your sell-by date, ladies. Faux-lesbian kissing hasn’t been taboo since 1994.”— Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Cheryl Blossom, Madelaine Petsch, imdb.com
“Let us overthrow the totems, break the taboos. Or better, let us consider them cancelled. Coldly, let us be intelligent.”— Pierre Trudeau, en.wikiquote.org
“What a strange world this is when you can have as much sex as you like but love is taboo.”— Jeanette Winterson, amazon.com
“The taboo on woman’s body is the taboo that always hovers over the place of magic.”— Camille Paglia, amazon.com
“Every woman has a little wild streak in them and a desire to be a bad girl. Who wants to always be the goody two shoes? There’s something alluring and mysterious about the dark side, dangerous and edgy. If I was any good at acting, I’d want to play your basic bad bitch because it just so much more f…”— Belle Aria, thoughtcatalog.com
“The thought of sex as something forbidden excited me beyond all reason. It was like one animal knifing another into submission.”— Charles Bukowski, amazon.com