Jake Taylor > Jake's Quotes

“I love you,’ he whispered, and kissed my brow. ‘Thorns and all.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses

“I have a headache, and she’s sitting across from me.”
― Mai Corland, Five Broken Blades

“I should stop expecting hidden depth out of a puddle.”
― Mai Corland, Five Broken Blades

“Yet freedom is never private. It will not hide for you. It will not disguise itself. It takes no refuge in safety. It's a declaration to the world of one's refusal to be bound. And that's the role of the writer-to force the reader's freedom- even when bondage is the preference.”
― Daniel Black, Isaac's Song

“Yet by exploring the lives of these precious brothers, I discovered that all men want the same things: validation, worth, purpose.”
― Daniel Black, Isaac's Song

“You can't treat people like shit and expect them not to act. Somebody's gonna rebel.”
― Daniel Black, Isaac's Song

“Something about language makes a thing real. It makes thoughts tangible. You can lie to your thoughts, and they'll lie back to you-until you write them down. Then, before scrutinizing eyes, they won't lie any longer.”
― Daniel Black, Isaac's Song

“How black people survived bondage and emotional trauma by believing in the Invisible. When you consider it, they should've given up and died. Every single one of them. But for some reason, they didn't.”
― Daniel Black, Isaac's Song

“I realized I didn't want to get bogged down in a system rigged against me. I don't want to use my energy reacting to white people. Sometimes we gotta do it; I understand that. But usually it's a waste of time. Our rage doesn't change America. Not fundamentally. It makes America change the rules of the game. I didn't want to play anymore.”
― Daniel Black, Isaac's Song

“Nothing has ever happened to you that’s greater than your power to heal it.”
― Daniel Black, Isaac's Song

“You become an agent of your own existence the minute you stop blaming others for what they did to you. Those who hurt us cannot heal us. That's our job.”
― Daniel Black, Isaac's Song

“If church had been nothing but music, I could've stayed.”
― Daniel Black, Isaac's Song

“He could only imagine what it would be like to not be burdened by his…otherness. He wished he could just magically be what people expected hockey players to be.”
― Rachel Reid, Game Changer

“Because he just lit up like the goddamn sun. Jesus. You guys are doomed.”
― Rachel Reid, Game Changer

“There was an urgency in Scott’s eyes”
― Rachel Reid, Game Changer

“When I was a kid”
― Rachel Reid, Game Changer

“Under the table”
― Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry

“It’s the way it should have been. Shane and Ilya were opposites in almost every way imaginable”
― Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry

“Ilya gave in and reached for him. As soon as he had Shane in his arms”
― Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry

“and on top of everything”
― Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry

“Shane smiled shyly at him”
― Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry

“Hockey players kiss each other all the time. I’ve seen it,” Kyle teased. “Not on the mouths usually.” “Shame.”
― Rachel Reid, Common Goal

“Because I think you might be a good kisser. I want to test that theory.”
― Rachel Reid, Common Goal

“What would it be like to be that comfortable—that open—about yourself?”
― Rachel Reid, Role Model

“Because Troy had been hiding behind homophobic jokes for so long that they’d become effortless to make. Effortless to laugh at. But Troy had had an actual gay teammate and he hadn’t even tried to get to know him. To reach out. To help him feel accepted and welcome.”
― Rachel Reid, Role Model

“This time”
― Rachel Reid, Role Model

“But that was exactly why Troy had kept his sexuality a secret all these years. Accusing an opponent of being gay was still the lowest insult you could hurl.”
― Rachel Reid, Role Model

“It wasn’t fucking fair that this was how Troy felt he had to live. To love in secret”
― Rachel Reid, Role Model

“He took him deep”
― Rachel Reid, Role Model

“Someday”
― Rachel Reid, Role Model