The Other Book Quotes

“I can’t fuck my way out of this shit. I thought I was ready for him to go, ready to be on my own. But I wasn’t ready to realize I have always been alone. That the only love I’d ever had died with Mom when I was twelve.”
― Roe Horvat, The Other Book

“You want to do this?” I asked. “Ty, I have never been so fucking horny in my entire life.” “Yeah. I think it’s Adam. Whatever sex-crazed demon has possessed the guy, its powers are immense.”
― Roe Horvat, The Other Book

“So…ah! I can’t do…the dishes in their… Oh fuck! Their kitchen,” Joel hissed, and his fingers tugged at my hair. “But. A blow job is…okay?”
― Roe Horvat, The Other Book

“I have been pretending to be the perfect son for most of my life. He doesn’t deserve it. He doesn’t deserve my silence. Not telling him—it’s not respect. It’s not consideration for a dying man. It’s him getting away with being a lousy parent and a lousy human being. I don’t want to spare his feelings anymore. I want to rub his face in his own prejudice until he chokes on it. Because he is dying, I am now obliged to forgive and love him no matter what? Where was his love when I needed him? He made me into an emotional cripple! He doesn’t get to just die thinking it was the right thing to do.”
― Roe Horvat, The Other Book

“The pain overwhelmed me. Joel sobbing in my arms was equal to having my own heart carved out with a spoon. That’s how I knew for sure I loved him.”
― Roe Horvat, The Other Book

“I’m falling for you,” he said, fear in his voice. I held him tighter because I was just as afraid as he was.”
― Roe Horvat, The Other Book

“Life gets less and less fun as you grow older, and I need someone who appreciates its absurdity.”
― Roe Horvat, The Other Book