Flaunt Quotes

“Damn it, he’s sneaky. Now I have to do this, for real.”
― E. Davies, Flaunt

“The first twenty minutes at the store were a blur. This time, instead of lurking around the periphery, Kyle dragged him straight in and started handing him things: two skirts, a dress, and a couple of blouses.”
― E. Davies, Flaunt

“And the worst of his fears—that it would make him look like less of a man, that people would go back to stumbling over themselves to insist he was a tomboy but still a real girl—didn’t materialize. His jaw was still square, his stubble still shadowing his upper lip and cheeks.”
― E. Davies, Flaunt

“The pencil pressing against his eyelid felt damn weird, but it wasn’t his grandma trying to make him pretty for school photos or his middle school ex-best friend sneaking her mom’s eyeliner into school and practicing on all the girls.”
― E. Davies, Flaunt

“I’m not ready for this. Nic’s mind whirled as he kept his distance from Kyle, eyeing the makeup strewn about the counter around him. Kyle was perched on the counter, holding up lip glosses and eyeing his skin tone, looking gleeful. But Kyle had waited patiently all this time, and Nic had promised. There was”
― E. Davies, Flaunt

“But the biological impulse to have kids was still there. Sure, some people didn’t experience it and didn’t want kids, but many others like him did; being trans didn’t change that. The impulse to have a child of his own blood had little to do with his need to be in the right body. It was bittersweet to see people who didn’t have to think about how to fulfill their biological imperatives and weigh up their life plans at age eighteen.”
― E. Davies, Flaunt

“Kyle leaned in to press their lips together gently, raising his other hand to cup the back of Nic’s neck. Oh, sweetheart. I want to help you be… you.”
― E. Davies, Flaunt

“I want to stay with you, here, in the loft. If you’ll promise me one thing.” Nic looked wary, but he nodded for him to go on. “If you’ll try to embrace who you are—who you really are.” Kyle leaned in and tapped Nic’s chest gently with two fingers, then spread his fingers and his palm against Nic’s chest. Nic’s heart was racing. “And not let anyone else dictate what kind of man you are. I’ll stay with you, if you’re brave enough to be you.”
― E. Davies, Flaunt