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“It was a snapshot of a perfect world, where Graham was worthy of love, where Jackie's hunger could be quietened in his company, and the two of them walked on holy ground.”
― Cecil Fenn, The Restorative Artist

“Sometimes I wonder if I was born as a lesbian in order to escape Vietnam or if when my family escaped Vietnam, I became a lesbian or if the ocean or nước mắm (fish sauce) turned me into a lesbian.”
― Vi Khi Nao, The Italy Letters

“You asked me, am I a bad man? And I answered, I didn’t know, because that was the truth. I don’t know what I am anymore. I’m not good, or bad, I’m just a man who tries his best to do the right things, but always falls short. I’ve seen death firsthand, right up close, and I’ve done things that made me accept that I’m in no position to be considered God’s child.”
― Jalen Tellis, West of Damnation: The Book of Malcolm

“I am but a lifelike effigy made out of used- up air and absence. Effigies don’t want and dream and celebrate.”
― Marat Earendel, A Most Abhorrent Vessel: A Queer Invisible Man Reimagining