High School Quotes

“I wasn't a quitter, I just finally knew who I wanted to be.”
― Sara Quin, High School

“Years later, Mom told me that was the moment she realized I would be okay. Watching Zoe and I dance together, she could see for the first time that I was truly happy. “Maybe,” she admitted, “happier than I’ve ever been in my own life.”
― Tegan Quin, High School

“I had never considered what it would be like to be in love until I was in it.”
― Tegan Quin, High School

“Doesn’t matter if they’re not biologically mine, they’re my daughters, and they always will be.’” His face was flushed, his eyes wet.”
― Tegan Quin, High School

“There was a brief reprieve from self-doubt. As if Christina’s ears were suddenly my own, I heard a song I loved playing back from the speakers.”
― Tegan Quin, High School

“Then I began to wish that the details of our night didn’t line up so closely with the assumptions held by this group of people about what happened on our side of the city.”
― Tegan Quin, High School

“I could think of nothing but her. I half listened in school, half studied for my tests, half completed my assignments, half lived when I wasn’t next to her.”
― Tegan Quin, High School

“I placed my palm over the mark, let myself feel Alex’s mouth one more time before I unlatched the door. Smiling at myself in the mirror, I felt the happiest I ever had in my entire life.”
― Tegan Quin, High School

“I think it’s cool that you’re so accepting of…” I paused. “Zach. A lot of guys wouldn’t be.” I had wanted to say “accepting of me.” The line got quiet again.”
― Tegan Quin, High School

“The keen desire that had gripped me seconds before evaporated. It wasn’t different from when Naomi did it, but it felt utterly wrong.”
― Tegan Quin, High School