Sarah

“We’re the Backstagers. To them we’re out of sight and out of mind. Set pieces show up on stage, props end up on their right spots, the curtains open, the lights come on…

…in their heads it’s just simple stuff. And they don’t want to know any different. They don’t want to know how weird and dangerous it is back here. There’s a magic to the stage. Everyone who’s ever been on one knows that…but backstage…that’s where the real stuff is. The raw stuff that nobody ever thinks about.

Or thanks you for.

…or really ever appreciates.

…they just don’t get us, y’know?

It’s our job to bring all of that magic to life. The backstage is full of secrets and weirdness, but it’s also the only place where we’ve ever felt at home.”
― James Tynion IV, The Backstagers, Vol. 1: Rebels Without Applause

“I used to think the only options were the World Under the Lake and the world above it, good moments in my brain and bad moments in my brain, parts of me worth keeping and parts worth forgetting. But maybe that makes as little sense as thinking there’s only boy and girl and nothing in between. I’m proof of what exists in-between and so is Lore and everyone like us. Just like the World Under the Lake is proof that there is something between air and water.”
― Anna-Marie McLemore, Lakelore

“Tell your folks you won’t be home for dinner. Tell your teachers that homework is now priority number two.

Or like, seven.”
― James Tynion IV, The Backstagers, Vol. 1: Rebels Without Applause

“...I saw you were becoming more you. It's only your outside that changed. I didn't lose anyone.”
― Lewis Hancox, Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure