All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages

“For you, happiness is being with a man. For me, happiness is being among friends. Love takes many forms, Will Scarlet. If I must lie to the world to be true to my heart, then I'll lie. I'll cheat, I'll steal, and I'll do it with a smile. Love is the only higher power I answer to, and my love is no less for being chaste.”

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“That is the secret to survival. Teach fear to those who taught you to be afraid.”

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“And then Wilhelm Appeared. Not in a cloud of smoke or a flash of light, but in the moment where the heart skips a beat. Not there and then there.”

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“In all the tales of adventure Clara had ever heard, it was never young girls, who were daring. It was always boys running off to rescue a friend or fetch much-needed medicine or stumble into good fortune. Clara knew girls would be daring if given half the chance. And she intended to take that chance, right from under the pale nose of Mr. Earwood.”

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“Now he told me again as I stared up into the night, the stars switching on, disintegrating the sky into glitter, a dark body slowly consumed with light.”

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“Acceptance of a thing makes it easier," he said. "No amount of resisting ever kept winter from coming.”

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“Sometimes, in a thunderstorm, a lance of white fire would spear down from heaven and split the stone heart of an ancient tree, a crack so deep it seemed to come from the core of the earth. You could feel the skin of the world tense against it. Robin's kiss felt like that.”

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“Something goes still inside Lily, as if her heart took a breath before it continued beating.”

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“The days are getting longer, the darkness on its heels for another season. In the setting sun, I kiss her, and she tastes like marigolds.”

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“Now that I had something to lose all I could think about was holding onto the thing I'd found.”

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“All I'm saying," said Vince, "is we don't need to have ourselves all figured out in one night. You know?”

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“Let go of which cannot be held.”

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“Mary shook her head, chastened at how little she understood the working of this odd place, where there were multitudes of servant dining rooms, and lords helped other lords with their underclothes.”

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“Do you think the Y2K thing is going to mess everything up? Katie asked. "I don't know. I think everything's already messed up after Columbine. Like, what kind of world do we live in if you can get shot up in your high school?" "That was horrible. But I think it's kind of a one-time thing. People won't stand for that kind of tragedy to keep happening.”

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