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121 " Why is straight the default? "
― Becky Albertalli , Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1)
122 " Do you ever have those random nights where your brain won’t shut off, even though your body feels like five hundred pounds of exhausted? I’m just going to email you and I hope that’s okay and I know this is probably going to be totally incoherent so you can’t judge me, okay? Even if I fuck up my grammar. "
123 " I actually hate when people say that. I mean, I feel secure in my masculinity, too. Being secure in your masculinity isn’t the same as being straight. "
124 " Trying not to think about something is like playing freaking Whac-a-Mole. Every time you push one thought down, another one nudges its way to the surface. "
125 " And we're kissing like it's breathing. "
126 " why is straight the default? everyone should have to declare one way or another, and it shouldn't be this big awkward thing whether you're straight, gay, bi or whatever. I'm just saying "
127 " i don't how to explain it. but when it's just the three of us, we have these perfect, stupid moments. The secres don't exist in this kind of moments. Stupid. Perfect. "
128 " Branco não devia ser o padrão, assim como hétero não devia o ser padrão. Não devia existir nenhum padrão. "
129 " People are like houses with vast rooms and tiny windows. "
130 " Leah has a girlcrush on Jenny Lewis. You can't not have a crush on Jenny Lewis. I'm twenty years younger than her and unquestionably gay, but yeah, I'd make out with her. "
131 " Everybody deserves a great love story. "
132 " And you know what? You don’t get to say it’s not a big thing. This is a big fucking thing, okay? This was supposed to be—this is mine. I’m supposed to decide when and where and who knows and how I want to say it.” Suddenly, my throat gets thick. “So, yeah, you took that from me. And then you brought Blue into it? Seriously? You fucking suck, Martin. I mean, I don’t even want to look at you. "
133 " I mean, when you think about it, it’s a little fucked up that teachers think they get to dictate what you think about. It’s not enough if you just sit there quietly and let them teach. It’s like they think they have a right to control your mind. I don’t want to think about the War of 1812. I don’t want to know what the hell was so impressive to a bunch of freaking sailors.What I want is to sit here and think about Blue. "
134 " Being secure in your masculinity isn’t the same as being straight. "
135 " But I'm gay. GAY. Gaaaaaaaayyyyy. "
136 " I guess they feel secure enough in their masculinity that they that they don't care. I actually hate when people say that. I mean, I feel secure in my masculinity, too. Being secure in your masculinity isn't the same as being straight. "
137 " Okay. I have a crush. But it's not like having a crush on some random musician or actor or Harry freaking Potter. This is the real deal. It has to be. It's almost debilitating. "
138 " Have you thought about the Coming Out Thing? It gets complicated when you bring religion into the equation. Technically, Jews and Episcopalians are supposed to be gay-friendly, but it's hard to really know how that applies to your own parents. Like, you read about these gay kids with really churchy Catholic parents, and the parents end up doing PFLAG and Pride Parades and everything. And then you hear about parents who are totally fine with homosexuality, but can't handle it when their own kid comes out. You just never know. "
139 " And Leah’s weird about hugs sometimes, but today she buries her face in my shoulder and murmurs something into the fabric of my robes. "
140 " You're obviously looking for someone. Your eyes are everywhere. "