Ben Ace

“Appetite is embarrassing enough; visibly trying to satiate it, utterly mortifying.”
― Zaina Arafat, You Exist Too Much

“But Nick's tired of dead queers. Nick's tired of people like him having to suffer in order to provide the right kind of ending. He's done his time with shame and doesn't want any more of it.”
― Cat Sebastian, We Could Be So Good

“In hindsight, I was such a fool to have assumed Qieluo would stand by me just because she’s also female.
It was my grandmother who crushed my feet in half.
It was my mother who encouraged me and Big Sister to offer ourselves up as concubines so our brother could afford a future bride.
It was always the village aunties who’d sit around gossiping about which girl hadn’t been married off yet, despite complaining nonstop about their own husbands. And then they’d congratulate new mothers for being “blessed” to have a boy, despite being female themselves.”
― Xiran Jay Zhao, Iron Widow

“It's been so hard for me to believe that being adored doesn't mean I'm one mistake away from being despised.”
― Sophie Gonzales, If This Gets Out