Keegan Taylor

“He felt himself disappear into his heart and guts, ignoring the risk of detection and capture that even this anonymous contact would pose. *Hayam*, his mother would call it: love that stumbles over the earth in broken ecstasy.”
― G. Willow Wilson, Alif the Unseen

“It's not fair," Linus said, staring off into nothing. "The way some people can be. But as long as you remember to be just and kind like I know you are, what those people think won't matter in the long run. Hate is loud, but I think you'll learn it's because it's only a few people shouting, desperate to be heard. You might not ever be able to change their minds, but so long as you remember you're not alone, you will overcome.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“I popped my bubble...It kept me safe, but it also kept me from living.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“It’s not about need, Linus. That’s not what gift giving is for. It’s about the joy that someone is thinking of you.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea