I prefer a painful truth over any blissful fantasy.

I want people to see the truth... regardless of who they are... because without information, you cannot make informed decisions as a public.

I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female. Given the way that I feel, and have felt since childhood, I want to begin hormone therapy as soon as possible.

Sometimes You Have to Pay a Heavy Price to Live in a Free Society

I think we can achieve meaningful change, but only if we demand that the institutions themselves change their behavior.

Even if I didn't have the support that I have, I would still be fighting the same fights, and I would still be the same person that I am today.

There is far more to transitioning in the public eye than money, public relations, and logistics.

I want people to see the truth.

Anxiety, depression, and suicide don't discriminate based on how much money you have - though it might make it easier for you to get help.

I don't think that I'm embracing any kind of leadership for transparency or trans advocacy.

It can be so difficult to get people to think about systemic institutional problems. It is easier just to see the actions of one or two people and say, "That's wrong!"

And I could have died right then. And considering how things went, I really should have.

[S]hame is a child of custom rather than of nature.

And if we never visit Paris, that's okay. Your heart is my exotic destination every day.

LINK: .....It’s the imperfections that give you character out here.

You can buy a good pasta but when you cook it yourself it has another feeling.

BP wants Twitter to shut down a fake BP account that is mocking the oil company. In response, Twitter wants BP to shut down the oil leak that's ruining the ocean.

Love is art, not truth. It’s like painting scenery.

I won't go up in a plane, but if a play crashes, I'll jump into the next one that comes along and take it up for a spin.

The secret of photography is, the camera takes on the character and personality of the handler.

Seven hours to law, to soothing slumber seven, Ten to the world allot, and all to heaven.