“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
“This is how we reveal ourselves: these tiny flashes of discomfort, the reactions we can’t hide.”
― Autoboyography
― Autoboyography
“Love fails for a million reasons - distance, infidelity, pride, religion, money, illness. Why is this story any more worthy?
It felt like it was. It felt important. Living in this town is suffocating in so many ways.
But if a tree falls in the woods, maybe it makes no sound.
And if a boy falls for the bishop's closeted son, maybe it makes no story.”
― Autoboyography
It felt like it was. It felt important. Living in this town is suffocating in so many ways.
But if a tree falls in the woods, maybe it makes no sound.
And if a boy falls for the bishop's closeted son, maybe it makes no story.”
― Autoboyography
“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
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