Christopher Tate

“They’re pandering to the people who were already hateful and looking for reason and protection to be so.”
― Milo Todd, The Lilac People

“Do you think every man is miserable, Bertie?” “Some more than others. But yes, I believe every man. None of us naturally fits every criterion demanded of us. But some of us have to work harder at it than others because some of us have so much more to lose if we don’t.”
― Milo Todd, The Lilac People

“that all the correct traits were what they already had. The rest of us have been left scrambling, transvestite or otherwise. What we need to emulate aren’t things that men naturally have.” “This is all a game.”
― Milo Todd, The Lilac People

“he had learned to tolerate the sometimes-painful present by living in the future.”
― Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow