“Silence was my sister's weapon. When people hurt or angered her, she never got loud like Mom or mean and smart-ass like me. Silence was how she fought back. It wasn't passive, or an act of helplessness: it was a… — Sam J. Miller Copy Share Image
“(…) It would kill her because she’s spent her whole life worrying about How She Messed Up Those Kids, and what better proof of… — Sam J. Miller Copy Share Image
“Depending on what the body you’re born into looks like, you get put in a box marked either Boy or Girl. That box is… — Sam J. Miller Copy Share Image
“I used to imagine Better was a place you could get to. A moment when I would look around and see that Everything Was… — Sam J. Miller Copy Share Image
“Don’t the stars make you feel so small?” Bastien said, and there was a slight roughness around his words from where his lip was… — Sam J. Miller Copy Share Image
“She thinks I’m a child who needs to be protected from the horrors of grown-ups, because she somehow forgot that the world of children… — Sam J. Miller Copy Share Image
“Every superhero, every Chosen One, goes through a painful and difficult process of Becoming. On this, all the relevant literature is in agreement. Ask… — Sam J. Miller Copy Share Image
“This is the hardest rule. The one I still have to keep repeating. The one I accept, on an intellectual level, but still cannot… — Sam J. Miller Copy Share Image
“I wrapped myself in a thick wide cloud of pheromone smell, a fog that said, Do not look here, there is nothing to see,… — Sam J. Miller Copy Share Image
“Straight men will insult and assault and beat and kill gay men because they are terrified. Because masculinity is the foundation they built their… — Sam J. Miller Copy Share Image
“Without your problems, you wouldn’t be who you are. You would be someone else. Someone significantly less awesome.” — Sam J. Miller Copy Share Image
“Should you ever need a reminder of what a savage animal your body is—should you ever start to doubt that you are chained to… — Sam J. Miller Copy Share Image
