Jorge Guzman

“The way two men could park a car and extract such intense pleasure from each other’s bodies against nature—that was real. He felt hopeless—and that, too, it must be said, all real.”
― Patrick Nathan, The Future Was Color

“In Birmingham, a priest who chewed cinnamon to mask his wine breath found himself irresistible to female parishioners and pseudonymously penned the popular pamphlet Newe Sauces Swete and Sharp: A Merrie Gallimaufry of Couplings Uncouthe and Pleasant for Man and his Wyf.”
― Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

“Yes, you made a terrible mistake. With tragic consequences. Yes, us was mad at you. Disappointed. I won’t make any bones about it. But I got over it long before I got your letter. Yer human! Flawed. Ya’ think you’re alone. You deserve to be forgiven. We all do. I don’t know if you will ever forgive yourself, but you must try. I wanted you to hear that from me.”
― Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

“And instead of owning it by saying “I’m sorry, ese, but I have to break my promise to you about pursuing our goals,” she walked over to me all slowly and handed me this kind of like, big nasty pouch made out of her pink microfiber towel, covered in stains and full of junk.”
― Tony Tulathimutte, Rejection