“My life was bigger than any one person.” LoveLifeFriendsBest FriendsOur Own Private Universe Book:Our Own Private Universe Source: Our Own Private Universe
“Last year I told Lori I thought I might be bi. Ever since, whenever she saw me looking at another girl, she asked if I liked her. Lori didn't get that sometimes it was fun just to notice people without having to think about whether you liked them or not.” LoveFriendsSexualityBest FriendsBisexualOur Own Private Universe Book:Our Own Private Universe Source: Our Own Private Universe
“I don't want to spend the rest of my life paying off loans when I don't even like school to begin with.” SchoolEducationBillsDebtLoansOur Own Private Universe Book:Our Own Private Universe Source: Our Own Private Universe
“But maybe no one knew that much. Maybe everyone was making it up as they went along, the same as me.” LifeLife And LivingOur Own Private Universe Book:Our Own Private Universe Source: Our Own Private Universe
“It could be our own private universe.” LoveUniverseStarsSpaceOur Own Private Universe Book:Our Own Private Universe Source: Our Own Private Universe
“In that moment, it felt like we were the entire world. Just me and those gorgeous stars.” UniverseStarsSpaceOur Own Private Universe Book:Our Own Private Universe Source: Our Own Private Universe
“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.” HumorUnderstandingServantsAll OutLordsOdd Place Book:All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages Source: All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages
“The values many of us take for granted today are the result of hard-fought battles that happened years, decades and centuries ago. Working alongside the civil right leaders we revere today, lik Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Rosa Parks, there were hundreds, if not thousands, of now-forgotten activists who sacrificed everything they had so people today could live the way we do. Every generation needs to remember that--and to remember that it's up to us to make sacrifices of our own for the ones who will come next.” SacrificeActivismAuthor S Note Book:Lies We Tell Ourselves Source: Lies We Tell Ourselves