Mary McCoy > Quotes

“We are a couple of messy bisexuals.” “Speak for yourself. I didn’t cheat on anyone. You’re a messy bisexual. I’m an untidy queer.” “I’m sorry that you’re stuck here in my attic with my bullshit.” “Your attic is fine. Your bullshit is fine. But you know, Lee, what you did to Vincent… it’s everything people say is shitty about us. That we can’t make up our minds. That we can’t be with one person. That we cheat.” “That’s not fair,” I say. I’m not trying to defend what I’ve done, but I also don’t think I should be expected to model ideal bisexual behavior—whatever that is—at all times. When straight people cheat, they aren’t failing the whole straight population. They are just failing one person.”
― Mary McCoy, Indestructible Object

“Most used bookstores look like they defeated their owners at some point. Maybe once upon a time, the collection was carefully curated, but eventually fatigue set in and the place was overrun, one dog-eared copy of Cold Sassy Tree at at time.”
― Mary McCoy, I, Claudia

“This quest is not a summer's game.
It is not safe, it is not tame.
Consider this before you pack -
Some of you may not come back.”
― Mary McCoy, Camp So-and-So

“That was the problem with quests. You came back different, if you came back at all.”
― Mary McCoy, Camp So-and-So

“In evil times when darkness threatens day.
One soul among you must keep it at bay.”
― Mary McCoy, Camp So-and-So

“It's a love story about confessional poets and thwarted playwrights, about sad rock stars and tattoo artists who are fighting with their kids, about messy bisexuals and untidy queers and evangelical Christians who make podcasts about art and girl who write beautiful songs in their bedrooms. About old lovers, new lovers, friends.

I think it's a story worth telling.”
― Mary McCoy, Indestructible Object

“Maybe humans aren't made to expereince love, I think. We never evolved the kind of telepathy it seems to require.”
― Mary McCoy, Indestructible Object

“But when you've loved someone, some version of it lasts. It keeps being important. It lives somewhere within you, and in that way, you carry the people you've loved along with you, not just in your memories, but in the person you are.”
― Mary McCoy, Indestructible Object

“Boil the whole of human existence down to its essence, and what you have is how we feel about each other and what we decide to do about it. Even if it ends. Even if we end up regretting it.”
― Mary McCoy, Indestructible Object