All Out Quotes

“For you, happiness is being with a man. For me, happiness is being among friends. Love takes many forms, Will Scarlet. If I must lie to the world to be true to my heart, then I'll lie. I'll cheat, I'll steal, and I'll do it with a smile. Love is the only higher power I answer to, and my love is no less for being chaste.”
― Elliot Wake, All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages – A Kirkus Starred LGBTQ Historical Fiction Anthology

“That is the secret to survival. Teach fear to those who taught you to be afraid.”
― Scott Tracey, All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages – A Kirkus Starred LGBTQ Historical Fiction Anthology

“Now that I had something to lose all I could think about was holding onto the thing I'd found.”
― Shaun David Hutchinson, All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages – A Kirkus Starred LGBTQ Historical Fiction Anthology

“All I'm saying," said Vince, "is we don't need to have ourselves all figured out in one night. You know?”
― Nilah Magruder, All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages – A Kirkus Starred LGBTQ Historical Fiction Anthology

“My son will not allow any fires tonight," Gaea said from the depths of the warehouse. "He is the void that consumes all magic, the cold that consumes all fire, the silence that consumes all speech."
Leo wanted to shout: "And I’m the dude that’s all out of here!”
― Rick Riordan, The House of Hades

“Let go of which cannot be held.”
― Kate Scelsa, All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages – A Kirkus Starred LGBTQ Historical Fiction Anthology

“Acceptance of a thing makes it easier," he said. "No amount of resisting ever kept winter from coming.”
― Scott Tracey, All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages – A Kirkus Starred LGBTQ Historical Fiction Anthology

“Be an all-out, not a hold out.”
― Norman Vincent Peale

“Mary shook her head, chastened at how little she understood the working of this odd place, where there were multitudes of servant dining rooms, and lords helped other lords with their underclothes.”
― Robin Talley, All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens throughout the Ages – A Kirkus Starred LGBTQ Historical Fiction Anthology

“If the dining-room tables hadn't been so stable, they would have sagged from the weight of the food. There were antipasti platters, a butternut-squash strata with sage, and a casserole dish of baked ziti. On the sweet side there were pear tartlets, an apple cake, fresh figs with mascarpone and honey. At the end waited a towering croquembouche---a pyramid of cream-filled choux puffs encased in a glamorous tangle of spun sugar.”
― Hillary Manton Lodge, Together at the Table