Phoenix

“There are so many people in this room for whom the world doesn't work beautifully.”
― Emily St. James, Woodworking

“Erica pulled back her boxers’ waistband and looked down at her penis. It was small but obvious, and the second the doctor had pulled her out of her mother, he had taken one look at it and set the entire course of her life in motion, a life full of thwarted attempts to fit in and awkward male bonding that felt like trying to pass a test she hadn’t studied for. “It’s a boy” wasn’t a statement of fact. It was a prophecy, and people hate when prophecies don’t come true.”
― Emily St. James, Woodworking

“Yeah, transition is a series of tiny things you do that add up to one big thing. But it’s also the way you get to the rest of your life, and then you’ve gotta fucking live it.”
― Emily St. James, Woodworking

“It’s my house too. I’m staying right here,” I say, because if you tell Jennifer you love her, she doesn’t believe it. The best way to let her know you love her is to sleep in her guest room every night until she figures out you’ll still be there when she wakes up and when she goes to sleep.”
― Emily St. James, Woodworking