Jamie

“It’s what you didn’t say, Dad.” Cooper could hear his voice loud and steady, like it had been growing inside him and waiting to burst out for years. “You never even mentioned it. Like it didn’t exist. Like it didn’t even cross your mind that I could be gay or bi or anything else. How was I to know it was okay? I never heard it from you. It wasn’t my job to tell you. It was yours to make me feel like I didn’t have to hide it from you.”
― Charlie Adhara, The Wolf at Bay

“You can apologize if you’re sorry for hurting his feelings, but you will not apologize for your own,”
― R. Cooper, Izzy and the Right Answer

“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
― A.A. Milne

“When people matter to you, they deserve your time and attention. That’s how you keep from screwing things up.”
― Heidi Cullinan, Fever Pitch