The Magnificent Sons Quotes

“I know it's different now, with the apps and the equality and the visibility and what have you ... but, in a way, it's actually the same as it ever was. History repeating. People are like spaghetti. Everyone is straight until they get hot and wet.”
― Justin Myers, The Magnificent Sons

“People aren't collateral on your journey to self-discovery, 'y'know.”
― Justin Myers, The Magnificent Sons

“Don't get me wrong, labels can be destructive and restrictive, but they also help you define yourself.”
― Justin Myers, The Magnificent Sons

“But she did miss the security and invisibility being in a couple gave you. You didn't stick out, feel like a burden; you just were. Now alone, here, she felt very seen.:”
― Justin Myers, The Magnificent Sons

“There's more to rejection than being ignored or abused. It's sneaky, done on the downlow; it's not always a shunning. It's not just rejection of the person, but the idea. Being doubted. Saying you're not who you say you are. I can see it on people's faces.”
― Justin Myers, The Magnificent Sons

“At secondary school, then, it had been more about keeping quiet. head down, editing himself to be as inoffensive or unremarkable as possible. Controversy, or attention, could change you forever.”
― Justin Myers, The Magnificent Sons

“Look, they might not get who you are now, but don't write them off. You need "forever friends", trust me; someone who knew you before, who gets your essence.”
― Justin Myers, The Magnificent Sons

“Getting old is an honour. Being around people my own age who don't realise that is much more draining than kids who never think twice about it.”
― Justin Myers, The Magnificent Sons

“If you were an outsider at school you didn't 'find each other'; you were thrown together, rejection by the masses being your unifier”
― Justin Myers, The Magnificent Sons

“Fucking own your sexuality, though; don't apologise like its a disease.”
― Justin Myers, The Magnificent Sons

“Love's like a cold, really a No vaccine. Slightly different every time. But fucks you all the same,”
― Justin Myers, The Magnificent Sons