Rough Trade Quotes

“It’s all kink stuff,” Ghost said, as if Duncan were being deliberately naïve. “Wanting a lot of candles and eye contact is a kink. It’s just such a common one that we call it ‘normal’ so we have another way to beat other people up for being different. Everybody has a thing that gets them off better than anything else—only assholes give a shit if it’s poetry or furry costumes.”
― Sidney Bell, Rough Trade

“My outfit might be retro, but my thinking isn’t. Cross-dressing’s only a problem if you think being like a woman somehow makes a man less. And I’ve read far too much Vogue to fall for that bullshit, thanks.”
― Sidney Bell, Rough Trade

“Duncan had never felt more powerfull than when Ghost trusted him enough to fall asleep beside him. And to know that Ghost felt the same way about it? He was so fucked.
Ghost's brow creased. "Do you? Want? I mean. That. With me?"
Damn Ghost for asking. And damn himself for this self-destructive stupidity. "Yes."
"I don't mean sex. I mean -"
"I know what you mean. Yes."
"But you don't want to. You wish you didn't."
"It would be easier not to want you. It would be safer. Probably better for my long-term mental health. But it's kind of moot. I do want you. It's not a choice."
"Then we can. Watch movies."
Duncan sighed. "No. I-" He didn't have the first clue how to say this if Ghost hadn't already figured it out.
"You can't plot to kill someone and then watch a movie with me. It doesn't work that way. I don't work that way.
Ghost considered that for a long time." Fine, I won't kill him. Even if that's the only way out. I won't."
"That's-" Duncan wasn't sure whether to be flattered or appalled. "Are you flirting with me by not murdering people?"
Ghost looked thoughtful. "Do you like it?”
― Sidney Bell, Rough Trade