“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
“...I was a Christian, a model student, a Good Girl. I couldn't be a monster. But something in me was disgusting, and I begged God to take it from me.”
― It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror
― It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror
“i wanted to be saved, but i'm not that kind of girl. there's something sharp inside me that even the son of God can't smooth out. and it hurts, because I once wanted so much to be the kind of girl who was worthy of salvation, who could just let herself be saved.”
― Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
― Falling Back in Love with Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
“i saw them all as specimens of a species i didn't belong to. that I would never belong to.”
― Valide
― Valide
“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
Ted’s 2025 Year in Books
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