Marisa Urgo > Marisa's Quotes

“I was proud of the way I was, but sometimes being bisexual was like running a race with your ankles tied together. If you dated a guy, people said you were really straight. If you were with a girl, you were actually gay. There was no winning. It only made telling people harder.”
― Marisa Urgo, The Gravity of Missing Things

“The truth isn’t always going to be handed to you. Sometimes, you have to fight for it.”
― Marisa Urgo, The Gravity of Missing Things

“He wrapped a pink scarf around my shoulders.

It was misshapen, a bit wonky, and looked like a few stitches were out of place. But I loved it. Absolutely loved it for all its imperfections.

Imperfect things were somehow still perfect.”
― Marisa Urgo, The Gravity of Missing Things

“We slowly pulled apart from each other, but his eyes lingered on me. Like a piece of invisible thread was spooling us together. Finally, things were looking up.”
― Marisa Urgo, The Gravity of Missing Things