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“But some people don’t want you to do what you think is right. Some people want you to do what they think is right.”
― Catherine Ryan Hyde, Stay

“People on the streets are dehumanized the same way settlers dehumanized the Indigenous, to steal the land of abundance at gunpoint, to tax the land to the fullest.”
― San Mateo, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine

“Finally, he raised his hand and touched his fingers to his forehead. "I can give you this." He lowered his hand and pressed the tops of his fingers to the center of his chest. "And I can give you this. But not the rest. It's not who I am. Or what I am.”
― Ada Maria Soto, His Quiet Agent

“Why am I your friend?" he asked.

"Because you eat lunch with the weird kid in class. And every pretty gay boy needs a tough, hardcore lesbian in their corner and every tough lesbian needs a pretty gay boy for balance. It's in the rule book."

"I'm not that pretty."

"And I'm not that hardcore, but we make do.”
― Ada Maria Soto, His Quiet Agent