Jill Daugherty > Quotes

“Both of my parents looked at me in a way that said they knew there was more to the story and I better start talking. I resisted sharing all the gory details, but ended up telling them what Luke had done. When I was finished, my mom came and hugged me and my dad started pacing the room.
“Do you want me to kill him?” my dad asked, trying, I’m sure, to sound calm. “Because I will gladly kill him. Or maybe I could just break a few of his fingers.” It was a very uncharacteristic thing for my dad to say. He was generally quite the pacifist.”
― Jill Daugherty, Courage and Other Demons

“I took a moment to process what he had just said. What did that mean? A faery? Like Tinker Bell? Then it hit me hard. He was trying to tell me he was gay. Calling a gay person a faery seemed derogatory, but maybe that’s the word they preferred in Ireland. Great! I thought. He’s gay. Of course he’s gay. I like him too much for him not to be gay.”
― Jill Daugherty

“Both of my parents looked at me in a way that said they knew there was more to the story and I better start talking. I resisted sharing all the gory details, but ended up telling them what Luke had done. When I was finished, my mom came and hugged me and my dad started pacing the room.
“Do you want me to kill him?” my dad asked, trying, I’m sure, to sound calm. “Because I will gladly kill him. Or maybe I could just break a few of his fingers.” It was a very uncharacteristic thing for my dad to say. He was generally quite the pacifist.”
― Jill Daugherty

“Personally,” he began, “I think carving your desire to break up with him into his chest with a twelve inch dagger would be too good for him.”
― Jill Daugherty