Laurel Perez

“And even then, sixteen years old, I knew that I would hate every person in my life who loved me, who took care of me, who helped me find a way to whatever life I would have, because I could never tell them who I was, what I’d done.”
― Kevin Wilson, Now Is Not the Time to Panic

“Everything here is true, but it might not be entirely factual.”
― Ruth Reichl, Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table

“I guess I just mean that sometimes your mom says that things will be better for you in the future. And I think they will, Frankie. I think you're really smart and I think you'll do fine. But I also think it's not so bad if you never quite feel right in this world. It's still worth hanging around. You just have to look harder to find the things you love."
"Okay," I said. I kind of wanted to hug him.”
― Kevin Wilson, Now Is Not the Time to Panic

“I just... you are the most beautiful and wonderful and strangest person I have ever met. You are the most amazing person in the world. And you just have to live long enough to make the rest of the world understand that, okay? You have to stay alive.”
― Kevin Wilson, Now Is Not the Time to Panic: A Novel