K.T. Hoffman > Quotes

“And it doesn't feel so scary, letting him in - it feels like coming home, in every sense of the word.”
― K.T. Hoffman, The Prospects

“there’s something a little freeing in admitting to yourself that something will scare you no matter how well you prepare.”
― K.T. Hoffman, The Prospects

“Glasses on or off?" Luis asks.
"Off."
Gene is nearsighted anyway, and he doesn't plan to let Luis get far enough away that he would need them.”
― K.T. Hoffman, The Prospects

“Mostly, he's a man because he says he is.”
― KT Hoffman, The Prospects

“But the other part, the part that queer people maybe understand better than anyone else, is the act of a parent changing the shape of their home so it can fit you, and loving you as much as they always have. More, because they know you better now.”
― KT Hoffman, The Prospects

“Because it's his. If he treats it like a tradition instead of a nuisance, he finds, it reminds him how hard it was to get here, how lucky and happy he is to get to be a part of making himself.”
― KT Hoffman, The Prospects

“Wanting has always felt presumptuous-to ask for something, something unlikely and rare, and then actually, really hope to get it? All for himself? He doesn't do that.”
― KT Hoffman

“he’s Mexican, with deep brown skin and a distinctly Spanish name—neither of which are uncommon in baseball, but shitty people are always going to have shitty opinions about someone who looks like Luis playing America’s sport. They’re always going to judge him faster and harsher than they would if he were white,”
― K.T. Hoffman, The Prospects

“It’s a lot of pressure, doing something people don’t want someone who looks like you to do.”
― K.T. Hoffman, The Prospects

“But the other part, the part that queer people maybe understand better than anyone else, is the act of a parent changing the shape of their home so it can fit you, and loving you as much as they always have. More, because the know you better now.”
― KT Hoffman

“He understands wanting to look queer. It has made his life harder, but it has also made everything in him quiet in a way he never thought he'd achieve.”
― KT Hoffman, The Prospects