I don’t care who you are, he tells me, his voice clear and strong. I don’t care if you love differently than everyone else. It doesn’t matter because you’re still my brother.
I don't think this is working out between us, I told him. You and I want different things. It's not me, it's you.
I couldn’t help but feel grateful that he was taking charge. It was like he knew I was tired of keeping my shoulders squared and my head high. I was tired of being strong and doing what was right. I d...
I can’t wait for the day when you tell me you’ve got the clap. He cocks his head to the side. That’s what you can’t wait for? Out of everything in the world, that’s what you can’t wait for? Bear, that...
I am a strong, independent unicorn,and I will not take your shit.
How do you say what's in your heart if your heart is something you haven't known for years? How do you give yourself completely when all you've done is bury yourself in grief? How do you come back fro...
He’s my brother. You don’t turn away from someone like him just because he likes dick instead of the good stuff. I chuckle. You certainly haven’t lost your way with words.
He put his finger guns away. He should not be allowed to carry weapons of mass humiliation.
Everything always changes, he said quietly. And you wake up one dayand don’t recognize the life you had before you went to sleep.
Creed looks like Santa barfed Christmas presents in his lap (excited and disturbed all at the same time, natch).
Because you love me, I said, sounding smug.More like you grew on me, he said. Like fungus.
AND HE was just so amazing, I said as I braided Gary’s hair. Like so selfless and awesome and he smelled like leaves and I think his eyebrows should be declared a treasure of the Kingdom.
And every time I saw him in the hall, I couldn’t help but think, There goes Captain Hook,
You should have just gone with the crazy guy in the bar, the voice said. No shit. Any ideas? Yeah: don’t die. Thanks.
You might be the only one Otter will listen to, but I know for a fact hes the only one you listen to.
Underground cock fighting? I was horrified. I would never do that to roosters, I said. He winked at me. I wasn’t talking about roosters. I threw up a little in my mouth. I just learned something new....
There’s the idolatry I know and avoid.
The measure of a man, she said finally, is not the words that mark his end, but everything he’s done since his beginning.
The cause of death listed by the coroner would be swooning over elderly men who were too precious for this world.
Joe arched an eyebrow at me, leaning against the counter. He crossed his arms over his chest, muscles bulging from the residual pull of the moon. He was beautiful because he was Joe. He was beautiful...