We Burned So Bright Quotes

“We all float through space on a rock, hurtling toward forever. So many of us forget that it's other people who make life worth living. As much as we like to think so, we can't do this alone. Everyone needs someone. Maybe not all the time, but enough that it matters.”
― T.J. Klune, We Burned So Bright

“You have a choice. You get to choose who you love. No matter what happens next, no one can take that away from you.”
― T.J. Klune, We Burned So Bright

“When backed into a corner, an animal could be dangerous. Humans were animals, and deadly ones at that.”
― T.J. Klune, We Burned So Bright

“When we were abandoned by the world, it was the women from our community who held our hands as we passed.”
― T.J. Klune, We Burned So Bright

“I have hope, but it feels like lying.”
― T.J. Klune, We Burned So Bright

“He told them of the reason why it’s LGBT when it used to be GLBT. It was an honor bestowed upon lesbians”
― T.J. Klune, We Burned So Bright

“think of it this way: Every wrinkle on Rodney’s face is a memory. We’ve been together so long I know those lines as well as I know my own. I remember how it was when we first met. Smooth skin”
― T.J. Klune, We Burned So Bright

“Absolution. You want to know what I learned about it?” Rodney nodded. “You have to want it. Above all else. Because it’s so easy to stay stuck down in the muck. Even as it tears at you, it feels safe because it’s familiar. But that safety is a lie. The muck is filled with apathy that can spread like poison.”
― T.J. Klune, We Burned So Bright

“Men in Charge, Rodney said, all of them, no matter what side of the aisle they’re on, are all criminals. Every single one of them. In a just world, anyone who was elected president would do so knowing that once their term was over, they’d go directly to prison for war crimes, no ifs, ands, or buts. Every single one of them. See how many Men in Charge would be keen on harming others if that were the case.”
― T.J. Klune, We Burned So Bright

“The best revenge any queer person can get is to be happy. It took me a while to realize that, but when I did, I’d never felt so free.”
― T.J. Klune, We Burned So Bright

“Rodney said, “If there’s a Hell, I know Ron and Nance are there. They are burning. They are suffering. They’ll do so for eternity, and it still won’t be enough. I don’t care if everything goes with the eventual heat death of the entire universe, I hope they will still burn.”
― T.J. Klune, We Burned So Bright

“But no one’s looking at their phones anymore. Not really. It’s like it took the end of the world for people to look up and see each other.”
― T.J. Klune, We Burned So Bright

“Don looked over at him now and said, “I think about you all the time.” Rodney grunted. “I’m right here.” “I know. But still.” Rodney stared straight ahead. “What should we say?” He coughed, clearing his throat. “When we get there. To him.” “Everything,” Don said, though he was careful about it. Dangerous ground, this. “We hold nothing back.” “Right,” Rodney said gruffly. Don said, “I think about you. Your face. Your eyes. Your mind. I’m still so in love with you.” “I know,” Rodney said.”
― T.J. Klune, We Burned So Bright

“It took them almost two weeks to see each other again. This time, for dinner, one where they were so caught up in conversation that they didn’t see the restaurant closing down around them. They kissed once that night, a bare scrape of lips, hidden in the shadows of the parking lot. Three days later, Rodney had spent the night. That was forty years ago. He’d never left.”
― T.J. Klune, We Burned So Bright

“He often thought about that: time. How interminable it could be, and then in a blink of an eye, years have gone by.”
― T.J. Klune, We Burned So Bright