The Letter Q Quotes

“Once is sometimes enough and once is sometimes necessary.”
― Sarah Moon, The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger Selves

“One day many years later you will ask her if she wishes you were straight. She will hesitate, then say,"I love you just the way you are." You will never forget that.”
― Linda Villarosa, The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger Selves

“Leave home. Fail marvelously, and succeed even better. Kick your feet up and wonder when you will be back. Stay out late. Make telephone calls from unfamiliar street corners. When your mother’s voice comes from far away and asks where you are, squint down the road and tell her you aren’t sure. Make uncertainty your home. Put the mat out for yourself. Look at your watch and think of how you’re almost home.”
― Nick Burd, The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger Selves

“If something is easy for you, it means that big parts of you are being used and you should begin to do that thing with your eyes open and do it until it gets hard.”
― Sarah Moon, The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger Selves

“Good," he said, smiling. "It's hard to show people everything, you know? You never know what they'll do with it once they have it.”
― Nick Burd, The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger Selves

“16 March 2011 Dear Adam,”
― Sarah Moon, The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger Selves

“Your way in the world will be determined by how you respond to what happens to you, not by what happens to you, or your thoughts or feelings about it.”
― Sarah Moon, The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger Selves

“There is no brink of change. Change is not a cliff you jump off of or a doorway you pass through. There's a stream of change and we're always in it whether we notice or not.”
― Jewelle L. Gómez, The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger Selves

“A lot of people think that being droll and bitter and cynical is somehow hip and edgy and cool, and maybe it is. But it's also cowardly - and more than a little lonely. People act that way because they're afraid of getting hurt.”
― Brent Hartinger, The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger Selves