“Like a flower in bloom, I’ve discovered that it’s no good to try to adhere to some idealized type that has no basis in reality. I can only be what I am and offer up what petals I have, hoping that someone might look beyond what is supposed to be to what, in fact, actually is.”

“Like a flower in bloom, I’ve discovered that it’s no good to try to adhere to some idealized type that has no basis in reality. I can only be what I am and offer up what petals I have, hoping that someone might look beyond what is supposed to be to what, in fact, actually is.”

— Siri Mitchell