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“He’d dropped so many hints, but I was tired of guessing. I needed to know. Closing the distance between us, I brushed my lips against his. The contact only lasted for a second before Tate jerked away, sucking in a sharp breath. His eyes went wide, and then his eyebrows furrowed as if he wasn’t quite sure what had just happened.”
― Alicia Michaels, Bellamy and the Brute

“Illness and disability make people uncomfortable. They don’t want to look straight at it, because it reminds them of how fragile they are, too.”
― Alicia Michaels, Bellamy and the Brute

“I’m not interested in taking another ride on the bipolar roller coaster, Tate, so you can save your apology. I don’t want to hear it.”
― Alicia Michaels, Bellamy and the Brute

“There is so much about the world we don’t understand, my mother often said. Who are we to tell others what is true, or what they ought to believe?”
― Alicia Michaels, Bellamy and the Brute