Bryce

“One crisp dusk when the skies are a red befitting my mood, I say goodbye to the azaan that comes from the east where the masjid is. After night eases into all corners previously owned by light, the people at the mandir start their puja. The music of the sitar and the accompanying voices raised in prayer fill the air. I stand outside in the garden, alone for once, and the frogs skirt the area I stand in as if they too know the state of my heart. I look up at the sky. I don't have a camera to capture the heavens heavy with stars, so I look my fill and try to impress the image into my heart. I know there will be other skies and other stars, but nothing will ever compare to these.”
― Nafiza Azad, Come On In

“What's this boyo like?' Orin asked. 'In your opinion?'
'Clever. Conniving. Charming.'
'I may have a crush on him already,' Orin said.”
― Lydia Kang, Cataclysm

“He kissed me and I kissed him back. Let the universe see. Let the sky see. Let the passing clouds see. He kissed me. Let the plants of the desert see. Let the desert willows, let the desert mountains, let the lizards and the snakes and the desert birds and roadrunners see. I kissed him back. Let the sands of the desert see. Let the night come -- and let the stars see two young men kissing.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

“There are no reasons to hate other people -- especially other kinds of people. We make up reasons why people are less human than we are. We make up reasons and then we believe those reasons and then those reasons become true and they are true because now we believe they are facts and we even forget where it all started -- with a reason we made up.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World