Derek Jarman quotes Born: 01/31/1942 Died: 02/19/1994 Country: united_kingdom

• The preserve of ambition and folly in pursuit of illusion, or delusion. (Derek Jarman)
• An orgasm joins you to the past. Its timelessness becomes the brotherhood; the brethren are lovers; they extend the family. I share that sexuality. It was then, is now and will be in the future. (Derek Jarman) [orgasm/past/brotherhood/family]
• One of the joys our technological civilization has lost is the excitement with which seasonal flowers and fruits were welcomed; the first daffodil, strawberry or cherry are now things of the past, along with their precious moment of arrival. Even the tangerine -- now a satsuma or clementine -- appears de-pipped months before Christmas. (Derek Jarman) [past/moment/christmas]
• Understand that sexuality is as wide as the sea. Understand that your morality is not law. Understand that we are you. Understand that if we decide to have sex whether safe, safer, or unsafe, it is our decision and you have no rights in our lovemaking. (Derek Jarman) [/right/sex/decision]
• The slow-witted approach to the HIV epidemic was the result of a thousand years of Christian malpractice and the childlike approach of the church to sexuality. If any single man was responsible, it was Augustine of Hippo who murdered his way to sainthood spouting on about the sins located in his genitals. (Derek Jarman) [approach/result/approach/church]
• All men are homosexual, some turn straight. It must be very odd to be a straight man because your sexuality is hopelessly defensive. It's like an ideal of racial purity. (Derek Jarman)
• I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying. (Derek Jarman)
• Pain can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of social ostracism cannot be taken away. (Derek Jarman)
• These names: gay, queer, homosexual are limiting. I would love to finish with them. We're going to have to decide which terms to use and where we use them. For me to use the word "queer" is a liberation; it was a word that frightened me, but no longer. (Derek Jarman)

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