Quotes about "Retirement & Later Life"

When I was younger, I was testing myself and questioning everything, but now it's less about that and more about these are the years of my life with my family. ”

Obviously, there's a part of me that takes the world of violence and death very seriously. However, when it comes to protection, or when it comes to just the skill of shooting... I've gone to the range with sniper rifles and things like that. ”

To be in any way a positive contribution, that's all anybody wants to be. It's all I've ever wanted to be. I wanted to be an artist, be a mother. You want to feel that in your life you've been of use, in whatever way that comes out. ”

My mother fought cancer for almost a decade and died at 56. She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms. But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was. ”

In my father's generation, the product was 80 percent of what you were putting into the world, and your personal life was 20 percent. It now seems that 80 percent of the product I put out is silly, made-up stories and what I'm wearing. ”

Being trans comes at a high cost, but being black and trans can cost you your life. ”

I have the drive to spend five hours a day to teach myself a skill. ”

Having a skill makes you undeniable. ”

I never had a moment of realization about my blackness - I just was. Blackness was a central thread of my experience as a child and as an adolescent, as it is now that I'm an adult. ”

Right now, I'm standing behind the glass, and I guess that's a metaphor for how my life will be going forward. ”