Andrew Clark

“He was not so much surprised as he was struck by how impossible it was to ever gauge how a person existed in their skin, the way the world pressed down on them, the exact shape and weight of the pressing.”
― Carolina De Robertis, The President and the Frog

“Nothing touches me more than cracks in the armor and the person who reveals them.”
― Philippe Besson, Lie With Me

“Most of the night is a blur.
What I remember: everything is loud and fast and thrilling.
What I remember: the three of us dancing, jumping around and twisting our bodies with abandon. The reflections of the disco ball like a million pieces of colored glass.
What I remember: Shawn coming up behind me, his sweaty skin sliding against mine, his voice low in my ear, Baby.
What I remember: Annie, laughing, pulling me onto the dance floor and spinning me around like I was the girl.
What I remember: feeling breathless and joyous and invincible. We loved the city, we loved each other.”
― Carter Sickels, The Prettiest Star

“We go out to be gay. We crave this when once again growing bored with the straight world”
― Jeremy Atherton Lin, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out