Quinn Ward > Quotes

“I know you want to be close to your family, but the reality is that might never happen. You’re all very different people, and if it wasn’t for a genetic bond, you’d probably never interact with one another.” “But that’s what makes us family,” he argued. “True, but if the family you’re related to makes you miserable or tries to change the person I happen to love, then they’re not worth it.”
― Quinn Ward, Challenge

“The truth is, I was a coward. You aren’t the only person who felt like there was no one in Harmony Grove who understood you when you were younger. The difference is, you were strong enough to stand up and be yourself, no matter what people thought of you.”
― Quinn Ward, Moving the Goalposts

“He used to tease me mercilessly for my voracious reading habit, but he never realized that’d always been an escape for me. The more anxious I felt, the deeper I fell into the fictional worlds created by others. Between the pages, there were no expectations, there was no Freddie Marino at all. It freed my mind.”
― Quinn Ward, Challenge

“Knowing you, you think that’s what you’re supposed to do because that’s your parents’ story. The problem is, you’re not them. And might I remind you that your dad spent a whole lot of years miserable because he tried living up to what everyone else thought he should do.”
― Quinn Ward, Moving the Goalposts

“Like so many other things in the house, it was for looks more than comfort.”
― Quinn Ward, Kiss Me, Daddy