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“Love is not something you know; love is what you feel.”

“Hypocrites will not get a pass on discrimination by using the name of Jesus. Not today, Satan. Not today.”

Amen

I never knew Mary Mary were homophobes, that breaks my heart. We used to listen to them all the time when I was a kid.

“Roaches remind you, no matter how immaculate you strive to be, this is the gutter, this is your life.”

This is so real, the whole imagery of it. I live with roaches, and used to live with a whole lot more of them. I fucking hate them.

"This is how it should feel. It should feel real. I don't feel real."

Ouch. Too relatable.

I just switched my goodreads version of this book from the paperback I am reading to the kindle edition because the paperback version doesn’t have a # of pages on here and it’s bothering the fuck out of me

“Some of the straights had to learn: Never fuck with a gay hoodlum.”

Damn right

“Without hesitation, my twenty-five-year-old mother turned to her boyfriend and yelled with a voice as powerful as his and a presence even stronger, “This is my child! This is my son! He’s being a kid!” She pointed to the door. “Get the fuck out of my house!” I never saw him again.”

Damn bitch we five pages in and I’m crying, I love his mother.