Bill Konigsberg quotes:

Is this your boyfriend?" the first nun asked. Clair Olivia looked me up and downNo. This is my gay friend who decided he was straight and single-handedly wrecked havoc at an all-boys school in Massachusetts this fall. He's gay again and home for Christmas, so yay!"

Guilt is about something you do. Shame is about who you are.

Having no room of my own to "take care of things" had begun to weigh on me. I wondered if storing up semen would have a health impact on me, positive or negative, like shinier hair or weight gain.

It needs to be said that sometimes my mom forgets important details when she talks. Like the time she told us she was considering leather (couches, it turns out), or when I was little and she said, "Here's a napkin to put your balls in" (the Atomic Fireballs that I was eating, she meant).

I don't think about relatability (when writing), I think about the heart of the character.

It's hard to be different, Scarborough saidAnd perhaps the best answer is not to tolerate differences, not even to accept them. But to celebrate them. Maybe then those who are different would feel more loved, and less, well, tolerated.

And perhaps the best answer is not to tolerate differences, not even to accept them. But to celebrate them. Maybe then those who are different would feel more loved, and less, well, tolerated.

Wouldn't it be nice if we lived in a world where no one thought being gay was even something to ride someone about?

You can be anything you want, but when you go against who you are inside, it doesn't feel good.

The world needs people who are more comfortable standing still. We keep the earth on it axis when everybody else is bouncing around.