“ We would not be ashamed of doing some of the things we do in private, if the number of sane human beings who do them in public were large enough. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ Customs, morals—is there a difference? Woman, do you realize what you are doing? Here, by the grace of God and an inside straight, we have a personality untouched by the psychotic taboos of our tribe—… Robert A. Heinlein
“ Stigma's power lies in silence. The silence that persists when discussion and action should be taking place. The silence one imposes on another for speaking up on a taboo subject, branding them with a… M.B. Dallocchio
“ I carry out sun rituals on the slopes of high mountains. But I am also taboo for myself, untouchable because forbidden. Clarice Lispector
“ I'm interested in things women do that aren't spoken about. Manto's stories let me breathe. They make me feel like less of a monster. Mohsin Hamid
“ In the great meteor shower of August, the Perseid, I wail all day for the shooting stars I miss. They’re out there showering down, committing hari-kiri in a flame of fatal attraction, and hissing perh… Annie Dillard
“ It is the desire for irreverence as much as anything else that brought me first to poetry. The need to make fun of authority, break taboos, celebrate the body and its functions, claim that one has see… Charles Simic
