How I Learned to Snap Quotes

“If God had to go to such lengths to invite people to his birthday party, I reasoned, He probably wasn't serving very good cake.”
― Kirk Read, How I Learned to Snap: A Small Town Coming-Out and Coming-of-Age Story

“Every shove, every epithet, every time I was too scared to walk down a certain hallway. Every time I got threatened. Every time I didn't report it. Every time I got called sissy or faggot or homo. Every time I sat in class waiting for a teacher to mention gay people. Every time they didn't. Every long walk to the cafeteria. Every time I stopped breathing in the locker room while I stripped to my underwear. Every time I saw a girl wearing her boyfriend's class ring, knowing Walker could go to jail because of me. Every time I burped up acid because my stomach was churning so hard. Every second I spent assessing how I dressed, how I walked, whether I lisped. Every hour I spent writing the things I couldn't say out loud. Every time I shared those words with other people.”
― Kirk Read, How I Learned to Snap: A Small Town Coming-Out and Coming-of-Age Story

“Boys love hitting each other in the face. I guess it's the next best thing to a kiss.”
― Kirk Read, How I Learned to Snap: A Small Town Coming-Out and Coming-of-Age Story

“When I turned eighteen, she sent Walker a card that joked "'He's finally legal!'" Walker was completely horrified, but Mom's sense of humor often depended on someone else's horror.”
― Kirk Read, How I Learned to Snap: A Small Town Coming-Out and Coming-of-Age Story

“I'd been to see our family doctor for chronic stomach pains several times that semester. I didn't have an ulcer yet, so he prescribed Tums, stress reduction, and no more Diet Coke. My mother remarked that when she was a child, there was no such thing as stress. Back then, she said, it was just called life. It's good that the doctor gave us multiple options, because stress and Diet Coke were not leaving my routine any time soon.”
― Kirk Read, How I Learned to Snap: A Small Town Coming-Out and Coming-of-Age Story

“My friend Eileen once said about Tom "'I'd kick him out of bed - to fuck him on the floor.”
― Kirk Read, How I Learned to Snap: A Small Town Coming-Out and Coming-of-Age Story

“Thing is, I was having no luck. I couldn't even get molested in this town.”
― Kirk Read, How I Learned to Snap: A Small Town Coming-Out and Coming-of-Age Story

“I stared at older men I thought might be candidates and was thoroughly heartbroken every time the connection didn't occur the way I'd written it in my journal.”
― Kirk Read, How I Learned to Snap: A Small Town Coming-Out and Coming-of-Age Story

“Once you've traded Legos for masturbation, you're not really a boy anymore, are you?”
― Kirk Read, How I Learned to Snap: A Small Town Coming-Out and Coming-of-Age Story