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"It’s gritty and pulpy, and I’m not sure yet if this is my vibe." — Apr 28, 2026 01:54PM
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"We’ve had some very nice hurt/comfort, She Falls First and a reveal that I didn’t see coming although I should have. This is nice." — Apr 28, 2026 01:57PM
"We’ve had some very nice hurt/comfort, She Falls First and a reveal that I didn’t see coming although I should have. This is nice." — Apr 28, 2026 01:57PM
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"Turns out, this book analyses the movies rather than the ones watching them. Or at least not on the deeper psychological level I was hoping for." — Jan 07, 2026 10:49AM
"Turns out, this book analyses the movies rather than the ones watching them. Or at least not on the deeper psychological level I was hoping for." — Jan 07, 2026 10:49AM
“Pain, anguish and suffering in human life are always in proportion to the strength with which a man is endowed.”
― The Man in the Iron Mask
― The Man in the Iron Mask
“The path I've been led down is one of senseless catastrophe, a classic Hollywood tale of the man who plummets to rock bottom just moments before he would have crested the peak. [...] I'm living out this queer tragedy as they write it for me - just one more tormented, half-in-the closet gay character whose dark descent can serve as a cautionary tale AND move tickets. But that's certainly not the only queer genre convention out there, no by a long shot. And while tragedies are important stories to tell, our appetite can be satiated with more than just suffering. If the story is good, it will find an audience. Whether it's a tragedy or a triumph doesn't matter.”
― Bury Your Gays
― Bury Your Gays
“Pretending you’re OK when you aren’t isn’t strength.”
“Well, that’s where you’re wrong,” Robin contradicted him. The champagne had fizzed on her tongue and seemed to give her courage even before it hit her brain. “Sometimes, acting as though you’re all right, makes you all right. Sometimes you’ve got to slap on a brave face and walk out into the world, and after a while it isn’t an act anymore, it’s who you are. If I’d waited to feel ready to leave my room after—you know,” she said, “I’d still be in there. I had to leave before I was ready.”
― Lethal White
“Well, that’s where you’re wrong,” Robin contradicted him. The champagne had fizzed on her tongue and seemed to give her courage even before it hit her brain. “Sometimes, acting as though you’re all right, makes you all right. Sometimes you’ve got to slap on a brave face and walk out into the world, and after a while it isn’t an act anymore, it’s who you are. If I’d waited to feel ready to leave my room after—you know,” she said, “I’d still be in there. I had to leave before I was ready.”
― Lethal White
“The feel of her was both new and familiar, as though he had held her a long time ago, as though he had missed it without knowing it for years.”
― Lethal White
― Lethal White
“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.” ― William Faulkner”
― That Birthday in Barbados: Turning Forty. A Divorce. A Tropical Escape. And Finding Love.
― That Birthday in Barbados: Turning Forty. A Divorce. A Tropical Escape. And Finding Love.
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