“to them, you are a mirror. they look at you to discover themselves. they will never see you because that's not what they came to find.”
― Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
― Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
“because helping and holding and listening and caring were the only times we felt we knew what we were doing, even though we had no idea. because that was the way that other people loved us. because maybe, we thought in our secret hearts, that's all we were good for.
caregiver, i see you.”
― Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
caregiver, i see you.”
― Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
“It used to be our home: the comment stayed with me. Was it my home --- did it used to be?”
― Gay Bar: Why We Went Out
― Gay Bar: Why We Went Out
“Fuck? What's the matter, Henry? You never heard that word before? Isn't that what you do to my sister every night?”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“how do you tell your mom that she got your body wrong when she made you?”
― Valide
― Valide
Ted’s 2025 Year in Books
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