“Every storm has a brilliance, Dustin; has beauty when you look at it from a distance. It blurs all those incessant imperfections we seek to hollow out with each of our hopes. But when you step into its still center,… — Brandon Shire Copy Share Image
“ …It's breadth, and the strength between us to know that we're ready for the next step. I want to do it this way… — Brandon Shire Copy Share Image
“But I am your willing sacrifice, Dustin; I am the one willing to let you go in the deep hope that you will someday… — Brandon Shire Copy Share Image
“ You are such a fag hag. They should have a class just for you, call it Man Porn 101. ” — Brandon Shire Copy Share Image
“A long time ago he believed that he was above the men chasing him; capitulating to their secret desires and dark fears was what he did to survive, nothing more and nothing less. But now he understood that all that reasoning was nothing more than a self-assessing loop which he had used as a survival mechanism. It had run constantly… — Brandon Shire Copy Share
“Don't you dare," Lem barked. "What?" Anderson pulled his hand to his chest. Not quite sure of the infraction he was about to commit. "You were going to pick that flower." Anderson smiled and reached for it again. "It's pretty." Lem slapped his hand away. "It's endangered. Just look, don't pick." "That's what they told me about you," Anderson said,… — Brandon Shire Copy Share
“The problem here is that you think love will take all the pain away, like it does for characters in a book. It's not that easy, Stephen, and not that simple; despite all your bards and how much we'd like that to be true. It isn't. Love isn't going to fix me, or you. It's not a laxative that just… — Brandon Shire Copy Share
“Don't look for someone you think you can change. Find someone you can love. Someone who will love you back, even if you get… — Brandon Shire Copy Share Image
“ (...)"He said we all have this different idea of what love is and that's what makes our circle. The more ideas and misconceptions you throw in, the larger the diameter and the harder it is to connect with someone. We," he said, squeezing Hunter's hand and signaling Margie and everyone around them, "all sit around the edge looking at… — Brandon Shire Copy Share
“How could he have wanted someone so desperately for so long and then be this terrified when he finally saw him again?” — Brandon Shire Copy Share Image
“ It was the way you touched me. How you explored every single inch of me before you really put your hands on me,"… — Brandon Shire Copy Share Image
“They had talked about doing audio man on man fiction at one time, but they realized that neither of them would be able to… — Brandon Shire Copy Share Image
