Curtis Garner

“He’d built up many romantic scenarios in his head, where Harrison took on an abstract sort of perfection. He’d already imagined loving him, which meant he felt so nervous that his hands tingled, the excitement and dread twined together, a hard rope inside him.”
― Curtis Garner, Isaac

“She made him feel safe and calm. He thought about everything she must have sacrificed to make sure he grew up into a happy person. Except he wasn’t happy, which made him feel like he’d failed her. After the years of her working and studying, of worrying about how he was being treated at school or wondering why he was being distant and evasive with her, he’d ended up miserable anyway. He felt overwhelmed with love for her, undeserving of her.”
― Curtis Garner, Isaac