“For so long, I just let people surmise what they would about my life a...” — Linda Thompson Quote

For so long, I just let people surmise what they would about my life and my choices, and other people have written books and told tales.

She didn't want to disrupt her family. She didn't want to lose her family; she didn't want to hurt her children. She struggled. It was a lifelong struggle for her, being in Bruce Jenner's body.

Being transgender, like being gay, tall, short, white, black, male, or female, is another part of the human condition that makes each individual unique, and something over which we have no control. We are who we are in the deepest recesses of our minds, hearts and identities.

Honestly, I was so happy for Bruce because I loved Bruce... and Bruce felt like my brother. You know, I wanted him to be OK, and I was just thrilled he'd found someone who had four children and someone who understood what it was like to be a parent - you know, just to have that great family life again.

Everything starts with fishermen's tales. Everywhere you go the fishermen talk.

I was raised just on Grimm's fairy tales.

I loved fairy tales growing up.

I can tell you all kinds of moral tales, but fashion and reality are vaguely different.

I liked Hans Christian Andersen because the tales were so dark and tragic.