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I've always believed you can get closer to the truth by pretending not to speak it.

~Armistead Maupin

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I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short.

~Armistead Maupin

Topics: Been Could Damn Feared Life Loving Make Mistake Out People Short Someone Too Yourself Youth

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My only regret about being gay is that I repressed it for so long. I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too damn short.

~Armistead Maupin

Topics: About Been Being Could Damn Feared Gay Life Long Loving Make Mistake Only Out People Regret Repressed Short Someone Too Yourself Youth

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I have always distrusted memoir. I tend to write my memoirs through my fiction. It's easier to get to the truth by not claiming that you are speaking it. Some things can be said in fiction that can never be said in memoir.

~Armistead Maupin

Topics: Always Claiming Easier Fiction Get Memoir Memoirs Never Said Some Some Things Speaking Tend Things Through Truth Write You

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Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun.

~Armistead Maupin

Topics: Always Blind Braille Fun Like Love Much Said Were

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Novelist

Born: May 13th, 1944

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