“When I look over my shoulder, I see Jamie watching me with the same adoring smile time he has from the first time I met him. Jamie is not a starfish. Not even close.” YaSexual AbuseArtistsFamily ProblemsRacially Mixed Peoples Book:Starfish Source: Starfish
“I'm not looking at them, Jamie says softly. "I'm looking at you." When I bring up my eyes, I'm looking at him too. Like, really looking at him. It's hard to breathe when all the colors of his face are so rich and intoxicating-pale blue eyes, a honey tan, and dark chocolate hair. How could someone so beautiful be looking at me the way he is, with half of a smile and affection in his gaze? What does he see? And then I realize. He sees the same thing I see when I look at him. He sees something beautiful.” YaSexual AbuseArtistsFamily ProblemsRacially Mixed Peoples Book:Starfish Source: Starfish
“I feel like I have the world, and even though Prizm isn't in it, Hiroshi is. His family is. His art is. He's filling a void I never knew was there, with his stories and his family and his paintings and the kindness he never seems to run out of.” YaSexual AbuseArtistsFamily ProblemsRacially Mixed Peoples Book:Starfish Source: Starfish
“I need to be strong enough to move away on my own, to pull Mom's hooks out of my heart, to forget about Uncle Max. I need to be strong enough to carry all the guilt of what happened to my family because of me.” Sexual AbuseArtistsFamily ProblemsRacially Mixed Peoples Book:Starfish Source: Starfish