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'Reza'

"Who is this Iranian kid in a Keith Haring T-shirt holding the hand of a boy with rainbow nails and a ponytail walking next to two men on the verge of death? Is it me? When Did I become this person? When did I become so...lucky?

"That's what I want. To have sex seven days a wekk. With ARt. Only with ARt. Seven days of Art.

'Reza'

I mean, her name is Cher Sarkisian. Imagine if all the little Armenian girls knew that, if all the little Iranian girls knew that. She's brown."

"In the language my mother speaks, I literally don't exist."

"And yes, this is really happening." (yeah!!!)

'Judy'

"I can feel the way those words sting ARt. They're so simple, so direct, so true."

'Art'

"I hate that a moment that should be joyful is filled with so much anguish."

"Why do I leave myself vulnerable to feeling this deep hurt?"

"I am the chaos now."

'Reza'

"Your sister's eyes were like lasers to my heart."
Also, a little weird, but I'm trying to keep an open mind.

'Judy'

"There's something so painfully intimate about this, these rituals of ours."

"You can't love me and do this to me. You don't get that privilege!"

"But I'm not just alone anymore. I'm lonely too. I get the difference now.

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"But high school ends. Remember that, even when it feels eternal."

'Art'

"Seriously, this is the world we're living in. A world where people are afraid to shake hands with gay people."

"What's optimistic about other people falling in love?"

'Reza'

"When Art is gone, I can feel his absence. I am at once deflated and relieved."

'Art'

*Cardinal O'Connor- December10th 1989