Dear Cassius Quotes

“I’m happy with who I am. I know that God loves me for who I am and for who I choose to be. If you can’t see that, then you’re not the person I thought you were.” He turns to his enraptured audience. “My father has spent seven years of my life trying to force me to be someone I’m not. I don’t know if he thought that he was trying to help me become a better person, or if he’s really unhappy with who I am. But I am gay, and if you can’t accept me because of that, you don’t need to be in my life.”
― Alice Winters, Dear Cassius

“I’ll skin your hide,” Mom says as Peter and I laugh. “I brought you into this world and I can take you back out.” “Hopefully not the same way,” Peter says.”
― Alice Winters, Dear Cassius

“they decide that death is better than feeling like they’re wrong?”
― Alice Winters, Dear Cassius

“Are you going to help me the same way you helped push your son over a bridge?”
― Alice Winters, Dear Cassius

“You honestly think telling someone that they’re wrong is okay? Telling them that the way they think and feel is wrong, won’t work at them and work at them until they hate themselves? Especially someone like their father? Someone who they look up to? You think it won’t wear and wear at them until they begin to think life is horrible?”
― Alice Winters, Dear Cassius

“If he is someone who is willing to leave me because of this, then he’s not who I thought he was. I don’t want to follow a God who would create me one way and hate me for it. But I don’t think that’s him.”
― Alice Winters, Dear Cassius

“It was Remington, the kid we questioned the other day.” My stomach sinks as I realize what he’s saying. “W-What time did he do that?” “Around twelve.” Right after class. He left class and jumped off a damn bridge. Because of me.”
― Alice Winters, Dear Cassius

“Dear Cassius, I’m watching you. Can you feel me the way I feel you?”
― Alice Winters, Dear Cassius