“I'd heard there were some gay girls in senior year who were dating each other right out in the open. But not any boys. Its different for boys. I mean, everybody knows somebody gay - duh, it's not 1980 or something - but not at school. At school, it was a secret, and you were on your own.”
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“Boys, to her, are usually simply less interesting versions of girls.”
“It’s the process, how you become a man. Boys cling; men leave.”
“Life is always easier for boys.”
“He was persistent, and he was good.”
“This is a patriarchal society. Men and boys are prized possessions.”
“I was just thinking of you,” he said. “Yeah?”