“Mom’s theory was that youthful skin would make a woman more money (true in both acting and waitressing), good underwear would make her more confident (so far, so true), and good books would make her happy (universal truth), and we’ve clearly both packed with this theory in mind.”
― Book Lovers
― Book Lovers
“We are but fevered stars,” he intoned, like an orator on a stage. “Here a little while, bright with promise, before we burn away.”
― Fevered Star
― Fevered Star
“Blood is blood, though. He’s still family.” I shake my head. “No, blood isn’t family. Blood is just a liquid, like water or honey. It’s not special.” “You really think that?” He sounds genuinely surprised. “You don’t? Your uncle is trying to sell out the orchard that’s been in your family for generations,” I remind him. “I never said family was necessarily good,” he says. “Just that it exists.” “Not because of randomly shared DNA, though. It’s more than that. It has to be.”
― Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies
― Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies
“people must recognize that many of them who are not visibly queer in some way are afforded some modicum of heterosexual privilege—an argument that also comes up often when gay people discuss bisexual, polysexual,[19] and pansexual[20] people, who might be seen as straight by society part of the time depending on whether their relationships happen to be cross-gender (or perceived that way) at the time.”
― The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality
― The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality
“Love means constantly saying you're sorry, and then doing better.”
― Happy Place
― Happy Place
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