Odd Man Rush (East Coast, #2)

by Kristen Granata

But fear is a strong motherfucker, and it’ll rob you of all the things you’ve ever dreamed of if you let it.

“I like your hair.” “Thanks.” Erika twirls a bright-orange curl at the end of one of her braids. “I like your tits.” Celeste sticks out her chest. “Thanks, they’re real.”

Whoever said patience is a virtue must’ve been a voyeur.

“Our parents are only capable of so much based on the way they were raised. It’s up to them to do the work and expand their minds in their adult lives. And most of them can’t do it. That shit is hard, undoing decades and generations of close-minded discrimination and judgment. They have to truly want to grow and learn.”

“You have to ask yourself: Whose life are you really living if you’re making choices based on other people?”

Sometimes the love you find doesn’t look exactly like the love you once envisioned for yourself. But that doesn’t mean it’s wrong. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t jump in with both feet and give it everything you’ve got. And you sure as hell shouldn’t let the world tell you what to do with your life.

Life is about choices. We can choose to open our minds and educate ourselves...or we can choose to stay rooted in the beliefs we’ve been fed all our lives. And that choice isn’t always easy to make. But if we fight hard enough, we can make a change for the better.