Coming in First Place Quotes

“Can you look at me?” David asks, and when Jake turns to look at him, he reaches out to touch Jake’s cheek, heart nearly pounding out of his chest.

“Hi,” Jake says softly, the word still on his lips when David kisses him.”
― Taylor Fitzpatrick, Coming in First Place

“What did you think Toronto was?" Jake asks.

"I was convenient," David says quietly.

Jake barks out a laugh. "You are the least convenient person I've ever met," he says.”
― Taylor Fitzpatrick, Coming in First Place

“You are very good," Kurmazov says, "You are better than I was at your age. But where is your family, David? Where are your friends?”
― Taylor Fitzpatrick, Coming in First Place

“Everyone's right about you," Lourdes says, so quiet the words barely penetrate, and then walks away, back toward the arena, before David can even think to ask who everyone is, and what they're saying.

Whatever it is, he knows it's nothing good.”
― Taylor Fitzpatrick, Coming in First Place

“No matter how hard he tries not to care about what she says, what she doesn't say, she always does this to him, makes him feel like a child again, a child who can't understand why his mother doesn't love him.”
― Taylor Fitzpatrick, Coming in First Place

“He's never been easy in his life, he's been called difficult more times than he can imagine, and Lourdes is the last person he wants to be easy for.”
― Taylor Fitzpatrick, Coming in First Place