In the evenings, though, he became more like his old self: his old old self, really. He became sweeter, the way he’d been as a child, before he began to gird himself with layers of irony and clever remarks.
“A fact of my life was that I had a morbid fear of reproach, especially from women.”
― Purity
― Purity
“History, huh?”
― Red, White & Royal Blue
― Red, White & Royal Blue
“But strict limits to intimacy are the straight man’s burden.”
― Purity
― Purity
“Women of color, queer women, and transgender women need to be better included in the feminist project.”
― Bad Feminist: Essays
― Bad Feminist: Essays
“Thinking about history makes me wonder how I’ll fit into it one day, I guess. And you too. I kinda wish people still wrote like that. History, huh? Bet we could make some.”
― Red, White & Royal Blue
― Red, White & Royal Blue
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