Reflections of a Rock Lobster Quotes

“My sexual exploits with my neighborhood playmates continued. I lived a busy homosexual childhood, somehow managing to avoid venereal disease through all my toddler years. By first grade I was sexually active with many friends. In fact, a small group of us regularly met in the grammar school lavatory to perform fellatio on one another. A typical week’s schedule would be Aaron and Michael on Monday during lunch; Michael and Johnny on Tuesday after school; Fred and Timmy at noon Wednesday; Aaron and Timmy after school on Thursday. None of us ever got caught, but we never worried about it anyway. We all understood that what we were doing was not to be discussed freely with adults but we viewed it as a fun sort of confidential activity. None of us had any guilty feelings about it; we figured everyone did it. Why shouldn’t they?”
― Aaron Fricke, Reflections of a Rock Lobster: A Story About Growing Up Gay

“Standing up for what you believe in, even if it means standing alone, is one of the most powerful things you can do.”
― Aaron Fricke, Reflections of a Rock Lobster: A Story About Growing Up Gay

“I wanted to be happy. I wanted to be free to love who I loved without fear.”
― Aaron Fricke, Reflections of a Rock Lobster: A Story About Growing Up Gay

“It’s not easy growing up knowing you’re different from everyone else. But it’s even harder when those differences make people want to hurt you.”
― Aaron Fricke, Reflections of a Rock Lobster: A Story About Growing Up Gay

“The truth is, you never know when your actions are going to have an effect. Sometimes they help others to change their minds and hearts.”
― Aaron Fricke, Reflections of a Rock Lobster: A Story About Growing Up Gay

“All I wanted was to take my place in the world alongside everyone else, and for that simple wish, people hated me.”
― Aaron Fricke, Reflections of a Rock Lobster: A Story About Growing Up Gay

“To be hated for what you are is to have been cursed from birth; to be loved for what you are is to be blessed.”
― Aaron Fricke, Reflections of a Rock Lobster: A Story About Growing Up Gay

“Shoo sho”
― Aaron Fricke, Reflections of a Rock Lobster: A Story About Growing Up Gay