Kairan

“There is a certain type of beautiful boy who plays Ultimate Frisbee and invites you to come watch his game,” I said, “not because he is vain and self-centered, although he maybe is, but because it is the only way he knows how to invite someone to share in his particular joy, and I think maybe the only thing I have ever wanted is to be a very beautiful, very dead, gentle boy that everyone gathers around and looks at.”
― Daniel Mallory Ortberg, Something That May Shock and Discredit You

“Even if I never read another book, I’m still a person with intrinsic value, and later I’ll be a river.”
― Daniel Mallory Ortberg, Something That May Shock and Discredit You

“are you up
if so do you want to play frisbee and die for each other
—Hyacinthus to Apollo, ibid.”
― Daniel Mallory Ortberg, Something That May Shock and Discredit You

“There’s something truly wonderful about referring to a procedure as specific as a bilateral mastectomy with a term as blandly ominous as “top surgery.”
Is it serious, Doc?
Yeah, son. I’m afraid there’s nothing to do but schedule you for top surgery.
What parts of me will be affected, Doc?
The top.”
― Daniel Mallory Ortberg, Something That May Shock and Discredit You