8 Quotes & Sayings By Melvin Burgess

Melvin Burgess (born December 4, 1963) is a British writer, critic and gay rights activist. He was one of the founders of the International Foundation for Sexual Freedom (IFSF), which was formed in 1993 to campaign for LGBT rights. He has written several books, including the novels Head Trip (1993), Earthfasts (2002), and Small Island (2008).

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You can do anything you want. You don't believe me. You think, she's out of her head. Yeah, I'm out of my head- on being me. What are you on? On being them. You don't even know. I bet you were never given a chance to know...Listen. You can be anything you want to be. Be careful. It's a spell. It's magic. Listen to the words.. You are anything..everyone, anyone..You listen to them, teachers, parents, politicians. They're always saying, if you steal you're a thief, if you sleep aroung you're a slut, if you take drugs you're a junkie. They want to get inside your head and control you with their fear..Don't play their game. Nothing can touch you; you stay beautiful. . Melvin Burgess
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And then I noticed the dandelions. Melvin Burgess
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Sometimes maybe you need an experience. The experience can be a person or it can be a drug. The experience opens a door that was there all the time but you never saw it. Or maybe it blasts you into outer space... All that negative stuff. All the pain... It just floted away from me, I just floated away from it...up and away... Melvin Burgess
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I've done everything. All of it. You think it, I've done it. All the things you never dared, all the things you dream about, all the things you were curious about and then forgot because you knew you never would. I did 'em, I did 'em yesterday while you were still in bed. What about you? When's it gonna be your turn? Melvin Burgess
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Tar had a reason, plenty of reasons. The latest were painted on his face, too. Melvin Burgess
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It wasn't a love story." -Tar's dad It was a love story. Me, Gemma, and junk." -Tar Melvin Burgess
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Sometimes maybe you need an experience. The experience can be a person or it can be a drug. The experience opes a door that was there all the time but you never saw it. Or maybe it blasts you into outer space. Melvin Burgess