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“I am the First Son of the United States, and I'm bisexual. History will remember us.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“That's the choice. I love him, with all that, because of all that. On purpose. I love him on purpose.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“My singing voice is too sexy," Julian said with a solemn shake of his head. "You'd fall in love with me, like, immediately.”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“Queer folks are like wolves," Julian told him. "We travel in packs."

(p. 125)”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“You ready?" Julian asked, a curious look on his devastatingly handsome face.

"No," Yadriel confessed, his voice tight.

Julian grinned. "Do it anyways.”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“If he couldn't cope with you, then he couldn't have coped with anything [...]. Nobody could want more than who you are.”
― Everina Maxwell, Winter's Orbit

“I don't know where that comes from. You can't be one of my own hallucinations. I haven't thought that.”
― Everina Maxwell, Winter's Orbit

“Just because it’s not important doesn’t mean it’s not important to someone.”
― Everina Maxwell, Winter's Orbit

“Growth isn’t a deviation from what we’ve done before, but a natural progression to honor all those who make this community strong.”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“No, it wasn't the end. It was a better beginning.”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“He was kind of an asshole. Julian was abrasive, sometimes rude, and didn't seem to have much tact. But, for some reason, Yadriel's heart still fluttered in his chest.”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“Thinking about history makes me wonder how I’ll fit into it one day, I guess. And you too. I kinda wish people still wrote like that. History, huh? Bet we could make some.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“Sometimes you just jump and hope it's not a cliff.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“You are", he says, "the absolute worst idea I've ever had.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“Should I tell you that when we're apart, your body comes back to me in dreams? That when I sleep, I see you, the dip of your waist, the freckle above your hip, and when I wake up in the morning, it feels like I've just been with you, the phantom touch of your hand on the back of my neck fresh and not imagined? That I can feel your skin against mine, and it makes every bone in my body ache? That, for a few moments, I can hold my breath and be back there with you, in a dream, in a thousand rooms, nowhere at all?”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“But the truth is, also, simply this: love is indomitable.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“History, huh?”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“Someone else’s choice doesn’t change who you are.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“To every person in search of somewhere to belong who happened to pick up this book, I hope you found a place in here, even if just for a few pages. You are loved. I wrote this for you. Keep fighting, keep making history, keep looking after one another.”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue