Jenny Fran Davis > Quotes

“Sasha did not want strict gender roles so that she would have to climb out of bed and fetch a bowl from the kitchen. She wanted strict gender roles so the ex would protect her, provide for her, and wear men’s clothing.”
― Jenny Fran Davis, Dykette

“Tell us more, Darcy, about how European you are. Tell us about the way the Croatian sun roasts your shoulders, tell us about your love of canned fish and the girl you’d kiss for practice at your German primary school.”
― Jenny Fran Davis, Dykette

“The only thing she could do was tell the dumb cunt’s tale. Wherever Sasha went—including this trip upstate, even—her alienness was key to her belonging. This was what it had always meant to her, being gay.”
― Jenny Fran Davis, Dykette

“There was always a thin barrier between us, which I chalked up to his position of power. And although sometimes this barrier was made of metal, sometimes it was made of gauze that seemed thin enough to tear.”
― Jenny Fran Davis, Everything Must Go

“When you think of yourself as so different, you become so different. All you’ll be able to think about are the ways that you’re an outcast.”
― Jenny Fran Davis, Everything Must Go