“A God worthy of your eternal love wouldn’t judge you for who you love while you’re here.”
― Autoboyography
― Autoboyography
“Following the rules didn't make you a good person, just like breaking them didn't make you a bad one, but it could make you an invisible person, and invisible people got to do as they liked.”
― In an Absent Dream
― In an Absent Dream
“She discovered the pure joy of reading for pleasure, and was rarely - if ever - seen without a book in her hand. Even in slumber, she was often to be found clutching a volume with one slender hand, her fingers wrapped right around its spine, as if she feared to wake into a world where all books had been forgotten and removed, and this book might become the last she had to linger over.”
― In an Absent Dream
― In an Absent Dream
“He shakes his head, and I think this moment, right here, is when it really hits me that Sebastian's identity isn't queer. It's not gay. It's not even soccer player or boyfriend or son. It’s Mormon.”
― Autoboyography
― Autoboyography
“To think that God loves the trees, but condemns that blossoming thing they do in the spring.”
― Autoboyography
― Autoboyography
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