Neel Patel > Quotes

“I wasn't always this way. But the friction of life has a way of turning sharp edges into smooth ones, smooth edges into sharp ones, until you've become a duller, slightly misshapen version of your former self.”
― Neel Patel, If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

“No one ever told me that happiness was like a currency: that when it goes, it goes, and that few people are willing to give you some of theirs.”
― Neel Patel, If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

“Lies are like children, the second you conceive them you must protect them at all costs.”
― Neel Patel, Tell Me How to Be

“We exchanged secret kicks, knowing looks, escaped into the bathroom to avoid our parents’ talk. You came into my life and rimmed it with gold. Everything was more bearable with you by my side.”
― Neel Patel, Tell Me How to Be

“What's wrong with a dangerous woman?”
― Neel Patel

“Do you know what it’s like to have so much love inside you and no one to give it to? To be the vessel of unwanted light? My father said even the sweetest things turn sour if there’s no one to consume them. Jewels tarnish. Flowers die. Fruit goes rotten. Love turns to bitterness and hatred and rage.”
― Neel Patel, Tell Me How to Be

“It felt surreal being there with you, just like it had that summer.”
― Neel Patel, If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

“Sometimes even dragons give birth to runts. It’s not the runt that’s the problem; it’s the task of shielding him from the world.”
― Neel Patel, Tell Me How to Be

“I’ve always hated goodbyes, the lump that forms in your throat, the shame of unwanted tears, the way your own body betrays you, revealing the messiness inside.”
― Neel Patel, Tell Me How to Be

“For every boy I ever loved, there was a corresponding song.____For you, Parth, there were many, every beat ever pounded, every melody ever hummed, all the songs ever written, including the ones we never heard.”
― Neel Patel, Tell Me How to Be

“what’s so wrong with a dangerous woman?”
― Neel Patel, Tell Me How to Be

“People began to dance, and through the swish of flowing fabrics—gold, pink, yellow, blue—I saw your face.”
― Neel Patel, If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

“The only thing worse than
a straight white man was a gay one—because gay white men conceal their
racism with sequins, while straight ones wear it proudly on their sleeves.”
― Neel Patel, Tell Me How to Be

“You came into my life and rimmed it with gold. Everything was more bearable with you by my side.”
― Neel Patel, Tell Me How to Be

“But the friction of life has a way of turning sharp edges into smooth ones, smooth edges into sharp ones, until you’ve become a duller, slightly misshapen version of your former self.”
― Neel Patel, If You See Me, Don't Say Hi

“Do you know what it's like to have so much love inside you and no one to give it to? To be the vessel of unwanted light? My father said even the sweetest things turn sour if there's no one to consume them. Jewels tarnish. Flowers die. Fruit goes rotten. Love turns to bitterness and hatred and rage.”
― Neel Patel, Tell Me How to Be