Kanwulia

“There were muscles under her shirt, her dark brown skin showing, and Rory had caught herself admiring them more than once. Not that she would admit it. Rory Derosiers was very much into not admitting anything.”
― Laura Pohl, The Grimrose Girls

“Magic. How can I explain what it’s like? It’s like that feeling when you’ve been cooped up inside all day and then you finally go outside and remember what fresh air tastes like. It’s like when you get up in the middle of the night and your mouth is gross and dry and you take a drink of water and the water is sweet. It’s like watching someone dive into a pool without leaving a ripple. It’s like waking up.”
― Sarah Gailey, When We Were Magic

“You grow up with these ideas about Teenagers, about their wild, vibrant, dramatic lives of breaking rules and making out and Being Alive, and you know that it’s your destiny to become one of them someday, but suddenly you’re seventeen and you’re watching people cannonball into a swimming pool in the pouring rain, and you realize you still haven’t become a real Teenager, and maybe you never will.”
― Kelly Quindlen, Late to the Party

“Before I told my parents that I’m a lesbian, the fact that they didn’t know was all I could think about. I had to question everything I said to them, double-checking every thought before I said it aloud, so afraid of outing myself by accident. I spent every conversation bitter that I had to filter myself, and simultaneously afraid that I hadn’t filtered enough.”
― Auriane Desombre, I Think I Love You