Blake Nelson

“I'm a bit of a perfectionist, it turns out. Who knew?”

— Blake Nelson

Life is ridiculous. It's not our fault.

— Blake Nelson

“I stood there, watching her. The whole world was a dream, I realized. Everyone was acting in a bad soap opera. The…

— Blake Nelson

“This is the typical fallacy on which all of CONSUMER AMERICA is based. Some piece of useless crap will make people like…

— Blake Nelson

“I said I looked like a dork and she said that was true, but there was something classic about my dorkiness. I…

— Blake Nelson

“All the girls stared at me with hatred in their eyes. It was a big drama that had to be acted out.…

— Blake Nelson

“I denounce the do-gooders, the feel-gooders, the “activist clubs,” and anyone else who makes people feel like the problem is being taken…

— Blake Nelson

No matter what I do now, there are certain doors I have already closed, certain opportunities I'll never get back. There's nothing…

— Blake Nelson

“I watch Stewart. He has the most interesting face. It is beautiful, young, almost childlike, and yet with a power and authority…

— Blake Nelson

“He holds me. I am his in a way he probably isn't even aware of. Boys shouldn't know what power they have.…

— Blake Nelson

“It's hard to imagine talking to Lucy. But I can imagine sleeping with her. I have been imagining it quite regularly. I…

— Blake Nelson

“But what were you supposed to do with that weight? Once it was on you? Just be a man? Just suck it…

— Blake Nelson

“Normal people never like me.”

— Blake Nelson

“It's so weird being straight. You have no defenses. Shit happens and you have to feel it. You have no choice.”

— Blake Nelson

“And then I feel something else. Something that's totally new. I feel the tiniest sensation of hope. Maybe my life isn't over.…

— Blake Nelson

I like if you're reading something, and they're saying something you always thought, but they're putting it in the exact right way

— Blake Nelson

But I think Cybil was my biggest fan. She cut out my articles and hung them in her locker and we were…

— Blake Nelson

“You need other people, Madeline. There's a great freedom in knowing that. And accepting that. And letting people in. Letting them help…

— Blake Nelson

“It was weird because my first couple stories had been so easy. Now it was like, the more you did it, the…

— Blake Nelson

“On Friday night, my dad wants to have a family activity. so we go ice-skating. It's me and my mom and my…

— Blake Nelson

“Do you ever think about the ocean?" Nick asked me. "What about it?" I said. "Like what could live down there? Like…

— Blake Nelson