Jamie Perkins

“Trans people: Always mesmerized, held, fascinated, and ultimately defeated by reflective surfaces. What's that, you say? A mirror of some kind? Hold it up to me so I might gaze at it with longing and dissatisfaction.”
― Daniel Mallory Ortberg, Something That May Shock and Discredit You

“A few years later, with a transition slightly less bed-centered, I might have described that feeling instead as this: after a number of years of being vaguely troubled by an inconsistent, inexplicable sense of homesickness, I woke up one morning and remembered my home address, having forgotten even that I forgot it in the first place, then grown fearful and weary at the prospect of trying to get back.”
― Daniel Mallory Ortberg, Something That May Shock and Discredit You

“Kids, Daddy used to have the greatest rack in the tristate area.”
― Daniel Mallory Ortberg, Something That May Shock and Discredit You

“I often described my sudden shift in self-awareness as feeling as if a demon had entered my room in the middle of the night, startled me awake by whispering, "What if you were a man, sort of?" into my ear, then slithered out the window before I could ask any follow-up questions.”
― Daniel Mallory Ortberg, Something That May Shock and Discredit You