“There was something alienating about being on scholarship, a tense mixture of gratefulness and otherness. You're talented, the money said, and we want you here. Still, it had the twang of You were, are, and always will be different.” — Riley Redgate Copy Share Image
“In theater, that's the whole thing about Greek tragedy. You take the audience through the—like, the realest shit, the tearing out the eyes or… — Riley Redgate Copy Share
“It was a weird day if figuring out you were bisexual made up the least of your mental turmoil.” — Riley Redgate Copy Share
“It's too simple to hate the people who have doorways where you have walls” — Riley Redgate Copy Share
“You didn't want to assume a guy was into you, but you had to have a plan lined up just in case, because what… — Riley Redgate Copy Share
“We are always moving forward--I can see it now. We are hurtling through our lives. We are never standing still.” — Riley Redgate Copy Share
“Isaac was panic over whether to call and the murmured admission that the world was too big and too furious and too much to… — Riley Redgate Copy Share
“It was impossible to feel alone in a room full of favorite books. I had the sense that they knew me personally, that they'd… — Riley Redgate Copy Share
“It wasn't enlightenment to live like you had no history and no consequences. The world wasn't just made out of instants -- it was… — Riley Redgate Copy Share
“Life's not a Greek tragedy.' After a long second, I shrugged. 'I mean, if you didn't sleep with your mom by mistake, that's fine,… — Riley Redgate Copy Share
“Sometimes, good intentions couldn't do a thing except make you feel less alone, and sometimes that was enough.” — Riley Redgate Copy Share
“Maybe he knew the whole time that trying to hold on to her was like trying to hold on to ice—a wasted effort that… — Riley Redgate Copy Share
“ Man up . What a cleverly disguised way to say shut up . Shut up, or fight back, or you deserved what you… — Riley Redgate Copy Share
“Or maybe love is never healthy, and we should guard our hearts in hospitals for preemptive healing.” — Riley Redgate Copy Share
“Here, I choose to love what I have. Here, I choose to love what I am now” — Riley Redgate Copy Share
