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“What do you mean ‘fit in’?” Aimee looked genuinely offended. “Is there something wrong with us?” “Sure,” Jack said. “We’re Southerners.” “And what’s that supposed to mean?” “It means we were born here, we live here, and we die here.”
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Chuck Tingle
“Your stories aren't worth your life."
My stories are my life, I think, but I don't say this.”
Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

Chuck Tingle
“You know who the real villain is?” I continue, strolling through the lobby and joining a line of other writers, directors, cinematographers, and actors as they filter inside to find their seats. “Unchecked capitalism and the desire for capitalist systems to monetize other people’s trauma.”
Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

Chuck Tingle
“I'm honestly kind of surprised. You've got a flair for drama, Misha. I thought you might get hard over some final sacrifice for love, or whatever. I mean, you're the writer, not me, but that's got Emmy written all over it."

"Bury your gays." I reply, utterly deadpan.

Jack rolls his eyes.

In film, in TV, in books... the queer characters never get a happy ending," I press. "Sometimes they're the first to go, other times they make some brave sacrifice in the finale, but it always ends in tragedy and death. That's why it's called bury your gays.”
Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

Matt Dinniman
“They say the sincerest form of flattery is when someone copies you.” Donut scoffed. “No, Carl. That’s just something thieves say to make themselves feel better about stealing other people’s stuff. The sincerest form of flattery is when people cry when they meet you.”
Matt Dinniman, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride

Chuck Tingle
“I'm gonna be real with you," I reply. "I don't give a shit.”
Chuck Tingle, Bury Your Gays

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