Quote by Stephanie Perkins

“It's queer how the thing what attracted you to someone is the same as what you come to despise about them”

— Lionel Shriver

“I am not gay, although I wish I were, just to piss off homophobes.”

— Kurt Cobain

“Dimly, with her burning heart more than her mind, she began to understand why she had always liked gay men. They suffered, were persecuted,…

— Nancy Springer

“If she understood the difference between referring to me as "the gay guy" and using my name, the knowledge was lost between her vapid…

— John Goode

“Lots of people hate gay people. You can tell who they are because they start sentences with, "It's not like I hate gay people.”

— Ali Liebegott

“And stop calling people gay. I don't even know why that's an insult. There are real gay people in the world, you know, and…

— Eric Kahn Gale

“Just because I am queer doesn't mean I am queer for you”

— Maddy Kobar

“There is nothing wrong with being gay. It's like being Swedish. A little different but in no way important.”

— David Leddick

“She says queer things sometimes in a bantering way that you don’t notice at the time and you find yourself thinking about afterward.”

— Kate Chopin

“I actually hate when people say that. I mean, I feel secure in my masculinity, too. Being secure in your masculinity isn’t the same…

— Becky Albertalli

“You are not a bad person because you are gay. You are you because you are you and you were meant to be you…

— Tegan Quin

“He kept telling me I was queer, and I didn't like it. The word, I mean. Shutting you away, somehow; roping you off with…

— Mary Renault