Sapphic Quotes

“I fell in love with you the day that I met you, and then I fell in love with the person you remembered you are. I got to fall in love with you twice. That’s— that’s magic. You’re the first thing I’ve believed in since— since I don’t even remember, okay, you’re— you’re movies and destiny and every stupid, impossible thing, and it’s not because of the fucking train, it’s because of you. It’s because you fight and you care and you’re always kind but never easy, and you won’t let anything take that away from you. You’re my hero, Jane. I don’t care if you think you’re not one. You are.”
― Casey McQuiston, One Last Stop

“She’s inching forward.
Is there a heterosexual explanation for why she’s inching forward?”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, The Henna Wars

“What do you want?
I want to stop living in fear. I want to stop coming up with excuses about why I'm not interested in dating. I want my family to know me. I want to get to learn more about Lisa. I want to stop feeling like everything I am is inadequate or makes me unworthy of love because of something I can't help.”
― Sara Farizan, Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel

“I don’t believe doing something in front of everybody makes it more meaningful, anyway. If anything, it makes it stop belonging to you.”
― Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler

“Tell me what you want,” she said, “and I will make it happen.”
I want my liar, I thought.
I want her mouth.
I want her perfume to rub off on my skin like bruised grass.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Midnight Lie

“You were the only one it could be.”
― Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler

“I have been married seven times, and never once has it felt half as right as this. I think that loving you has been the truest thing about me”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

“She’s glad it’s Shara. Nobody else would have felt important enough.”
― Casey McQuiston, I Kissed Shara Wheeler

“Through her eyes, I was able to experience the story for the first time all over again.”
― S.T. Gibson, A Dowry of Blood

“We weren't made to be alone. We were made to love. And when we love, we automatically know God without trying to, because God is love. If we love as he made us to love—if we love with our hearts instead of our criteria—then we simply are love.”
― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky

“Hate like that—when it's disguised as love, or righteousness or pity—I'm not going to subject you to hate like that.”
― Kelly Quindlen, Her Name in the Sky

“Don't let happiness slip through your fingers because of old angers and mistakes.”
― Lyn Denison, Gold Fever

“I tell her I sing roses too, / My hands in the dirt where she lives forever”
― Sappho

“I let it all out: the joy and the pain. The waiting and the wanting. The future and the past. We kiss for so long I can't tell the difference between seconds and minutes anymore, but it's still not enough. I will never get enough of this. Kissing Iz feels like coming home.”
― Katia Rose, Stop and Stare

“I back away from her, because I don’t know this woman. This calculating, manipulative person masquerading as my mother is terrifying. She stepped right out of Game of Thrones and into Game of Proms. And she won. I have to get away from Elena Lannister Greene. If I look at her for one more second, I’m honestly afraid I might throw up.”
― Saundra Mitchell, The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical

“She’s been using her mom as the reason she can’t come out for months, and suddenly I realize, it’s not a reason. It’s an excuse. Yeah, her mom is obviously a bigot and a homophobe, but it looks like Alyssa’s carrying some of that on her own.”
― Saundra Mitchell, The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical

“\We’re told to hide this beautiful part of ourselves, the falling-in-love part, the dizzy infatuation part.”
― Saundra Mitchell, The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical

“No, I don’t.” Her voice has no edge to it; it’s defeated. “I’ve had a lot of time to think, and I’m like . . . maybe I’m just an experiment to you. Or maybe you’re trying to piss off your mom, I don’t know.” Stung, I step back. “An experiment? What else, Emma? Are you wondering if this is just a phase?” Emma’s eyes flash. “That’s not what I meant and you know it.” “It’s what you said.” I let go of her.”
― Saundra Mitchell, The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical

“She backs out, and as her car moves farther and farther away from me, all I want to do is scream and scream, until my voice shears into ribbons and disappears completely. I have done nothing but achieve, jump through hoops, and put on smiles. And it’s not enough. The blue ribbons and first-place trophies, my extracurriculars and my Sunday school class—I have done every single thing my mother wanted . . . for nothing. Because she’s never going to stop wanting me to be perfect Alyssa Greene, and I’m never going to actually be her. Never. Slumping against the hood of my car, I cover my face with my hands and start to cry. The one thing that was mine, the one beautiful thing that I chose, that made me feel whole and human and alive, just drove away. And I let her.”
― Saundra Mitchell, The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical

“I mentioned a while back that I am the worst person in the world, and the last two days have done nothing to change my opinion on that.”
― Saundra Mitchell, The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical

“She never once outed me. She never told anyone that her girlfriend went to the other prom. That her girlfriend’s mother is the reason this all got started and ended up so out of hand. She never blamed me; she never named me. She never even mentioned that we agreed to go together and I backed out on her. All this time, she’s been protecting me, and I didn’t even see it until now. And then, she plays. The silent chords suddenly have voice, and she sings words that she said to me what seems like a million years ago.”
― Saundra Mitchell, The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical

“I’m not the perfect student, I’m not the perfect daughter, and I’m definitely not the perfect girlfriend.”
― Saundra Mitchell, The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical

“Deep inside, I almost wish that somebody would walk by and call me a name. Because that? That would be normal. I expect that, not kindness.”
― Saundra Mitchell, The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical

“I let go of my guilt—because I’m not a perfect daughter. I let go of my fear—because I can’t change who I am, and she’s going to find out sooner or later. And I let go of my responsibility—I’m the kid here. She’s the parent. It’s not my job to take care of her; she’s supposed to take care of me.”
― Saundra Mitchell, The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical

“Mom, I love you. And I’m so grateful to you, for all you do for me. For all you’ve done for me since Dad left.” “Alyssa!” she whispers, scandalized. I’ve spoken it aloud, the truth we don’t discuss. But I go on. “And I know this is going to be another thing that’s hard on you. But, Mom, I’m gay. I’ve always been gay. And to answer the questions I know you want to ask, nobody did this to me. Nobody hurt me. You didn’t do anything wrong. This is who I am; I’m proud of who I am. You know everything about me, and it’s been so hard keeping this from you. Too hard. I can’t do it anymore. Mom, I’m gay.”
― Saundra Mitchell, The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical

“I see her fighting to keep it together. To look perfect, be perfect. She fights for a smile and whispers at me again. “Alyssa, that’s quite enough.” Shaking my head, I say, “No. I’ve put this off for way too long. And I’ve hurt someone so precious to me, in a way I can’t ever expect her to forgive. I was Emma Nolan’s date to the prom, Mom. We were supposed to go together, and I let her down.” Now my mother starts to cry. “Stop it. Just stop it. Alyssa, I’m sorry, but this is not who you really are. Whatever you’re feeling, it’s not real. You’re young and you’re confused.” “I’m not confused. I’m in love.” Mom stamps at the ground, jabbing an accusing finger at Mr. Glickman and Ms. Allen. “This is their fault. They’re putting ideas into your head, and they’re forcing me to be someone I don’t want to be. You are young, you are impressionable, and I’m sick of this. This ends now.” For the first time since my mother appeared, Mr. Glickman speaks. “If you don’t let her be who she is, you’re going to lose her.”
― Saundra Mitchell, The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical

“It hits me in a sudden wave. In a crashing of thunder. I wobble on unsteady legs, gathering my senses and my balance at the same time. My mom knows. The secret is out. No more lying, no more pretending. From here on out, when she looks at me, she’ll see who I really am. She doesn’t have the words yet, but she knows. And—somehow, improbably—she still loves me.”
― Saundra Mitchell, The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical

“This is the girl who flirted with me at a church picnic. The girl who texted me pictures of otters in the middle of the night and whispered love in my ear. This is the girl who was brave enough to kiss me first, when I was still desperately trying to figure out if she liked me or if she liked me.”
― Saundra Mitchell, The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical

“Well,” she says, shyly, a little coyly, “there’s this prom coming up . . .” Fireflies light up inside me. “Uh-huh.” A question doesn’t come; she doesn’t even finish that sentence. Instead, Alyssa, with her reedy voice and uncertain smile, sings to me, “I just want to dance with you, let the whole world melt away and dance with you . . .”
― Saundra Mitchell, The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical

“A kiss is yes,” Alyssa warns me. Warning taken. That’s why I engulf her in my arms and lift her off the ground, just an inch, and kiss her until we see nothing but the two of us, the edge of forever, and the end of the world.”
― Saundra Mitchell, The Prom: A Novel Based on the Hit Broadway Musical