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"I don’t want anyone to hold back who they are. It’s not okay… it’s not a good thing"

"So he was queer, E.M. Forster. It wasn't his middle name (that would be 'Morgan'), but it was his orientation, his romping pleasure, his half-secret, his romantic passion. In the long-suppressed novel..."

"Once," Fran says, settling against the worktable, folding her arms, "I knew this kid who very bravely and bossily came out of the closet when she was only fourteen years old. She told me then that we ..."

"The Auden/Kallman relationship had this to be said for it: It affirmed that it's better to be blatant than latent."

"This is our big chance to see what people think of us. The real us. We have to show em there's nothing to be afraid of. If we don't get over our fears, they never will."

"Denying what you are didn't keep people from knowing what you are.""And flaunting it isn't what saved you."Ykka takes a deep breath. The muscles in her jaw flex, relax. "And that would be why I asked ..."

"I didn't come up with the lie. It wasn't mine. They handed the lie to me, and I tried like hell to make it work for a while."

"Now whenever I left class to go to the boys' room, I worried that I would end up on the blue tiled floor in a puddle of piss and blood."

"Did you just tell us you're gay?" Asks Nick"Yes.""Okay," he says. Abby swats him. "What?""That's all you're going to say? Okay?""He said not to make a big deal out of it," Nick says. "What am I suppos..."

"Only by speaking out can we create lasting change. And that change begins with coming out."