Out in the Offense (Out in College #3)

by Lane Hayes

“They’re lines from a Pablo Neruda poem. This one says, ‘En mí todo ese fuego se repite’ and this says, ‘En mí nada se apaga ni se olvida.’ The translation is, ‘In me all this fire is repeated’ and ‘In me nothing is extinguished or forgotten.’ The poem is called ‘If You Forget Me,’ and it’s poignant as fuck. If you don’t know it, look it up.”

I have no issue with God. I’m a believer. The problem is, I know her God and mine aren’t the same. The messages are too different. One says ‘Do unto others as you would have done unto you’ and the other adds a clause in tiny writing at the bottom of the page…‘but only if they look, act, and share the same beliefs as you.’

“Everyone has us figured out before we do. Then they get insulted when you aren’t who they expected.” Rory held my chin and stared into my eyes intently. “Don’t let anyone else tell you who you are. That’s up to you to decide.”

You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”—Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice