Alice Archer > Quotes

“Oh, God. He’s teaching me. He knew what this would do to me.”
― Alice Archer, Everyday History

“All around me are reminders of stories about normal, everyday people who are also brave, interesting, thoughtful, kind, and amazing. Because of these things, this everyday history, I have a connection to them that I can touch.”
― Alice Archer, Everyday History

“I behave impeccably, responsibly, irreproachably. I behave so impeccably that I’m unaware of the escalating threat until it’s too late.”
― Alice Archer, Everyday History

“He’ll fly. It’s in his nature to fly.

It’s in my nature to germinate.”
― Alice Archer, Everyday History

“Henry says on a whisper, “I could love you, Ruben. I could get lost in love with you.”

Ruben swallows and makes himself ask, “But?”

“But I’m done being lost and alone.”
― Alice Archer, Everyday History

“Ruben takes a deep breath. “January. Epic failure. I distracted myself from your hands by checking out your eyes. Monumental strategic idiocy. God. So much worse. Your eyes tipped me over an edge I hadn’t even registered being in the vicinity of.”
― Alice Archer, Everyday History

“I am nothing more than his safe way to begin. I am Ruben’s starter kit. A short preface that will soon pale when his real story begins. An overture to the symphony he will discover beyond me, after me, without me. I try to feel honored to perform that public service for the gay community at large.”
― Alice Archer, Everyday History