Queerfiction Quotes

“She had liked, in Oregon, the feeling that the two of them and a dog could fill a house with enough intent to scare off bad luck. Preference, she had reminded herself, is not the same as wisdom.”
― D.L. Maddox, The Dog Walker: Stolen

“She steadied her breathing the way R had taught her—counting, holding, releasing.”
― D.L. Maddox, The Dog Walker: Stolen

“That kiss didn’t start something. It ended every version of me that came before her.”
― Aya Canicosa

“Outside, the rain hadn’t let up. I watched her cross toward her building, hood low, shoulders sure.
My forever, I thought. Like saying it might make it true.”
― Aya Canicosa, Of Chasing Raindrops

“I’m held together by caffeine, emotional repression, and maybe one functioning sock.”
― Aya Canicosa, Of Chasing Raindrops

“Take your pick: privilege, nepotism and strategic real estate choices.”
― Aya Canicosa, Of Chasing Raindrops