Queer Ya Quotes

“Queer folks are like wolves," Julian told him. "We travel in packs."

(p. 125)”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“You ready?" Julian asked, a curious look on his devastatingly handsome face.

"No," Yadriel confessed, his voice tight.

Julian grinned. "Do it anyways.”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“No, it wasn't the end. It was a better beginning.”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“But belonging meant denying who he was. Living as something he wasn't had nearly torn him part from the inside out. But he also loved his family, and his community. It was bad enough being an outsider; what would happen if they just couldn't--or wouldn't--accept him for who he was?”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“If you ever scare me like that again," he said breathlessly, "I'll kill you myself, Julian Diaz.”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“We talked it over and came to a compromise," Maritza said.

"She threatened to put a curse on me," Julian supplied.”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“My singing voice is too sexy," Julian said with a solemn shake of his head. "You'd fall in love with me, like, immediately.”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“FINALLY!" Julian burst out, annoyed but smiling as he leaped to his feet. "I've been--dude, stop screaming--I've been waiting for FOREVER!”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“Did Julian just have zero impulse control? It was almost endearing. But only almost.”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“My son.
A brujo.
How long had he been waiting to hear those words? Having them said aloud, to a room full of brujx, made Yadriel's legs feel weak. It was like a dream, but so much better.”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“Julian was achingly beautiful, but in the way a thunderstorm was beautiful—wild, rough, electric. And bound to leave devastation in his wake.”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“Julian's hand fell to his lap. He looked out over the water again. The wind tugged at his jacket. He closed his eyes and grinned. Below, the waves crashed. The moonlight painted him in shades of blue. His edges blurred like watercolors spilling outside of their lines.”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“Yadriel's soul ached. He leaned closer, his hands reaching out, fingers wanting to knot into Julian's jacket and pull him closer.

But they grasped at air. There was nothing to hold on to.”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“Julian's chuckle was wet. "Valió ... la pena.”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“Yadriel snorted. "You're really taking this 'ghost' stuff literally."

Julian tilted his chin and grinned in a way he could only describe as preening. "I'm very committed to my new lifestyle.”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“Right now, all men seem overwhelmingly unattractive - except the ones on the Netflix shows I watch.”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“If we get mugged or kidnapped, I'm gonna be pissed," Maritza told Yadriel.”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“Maritza smiled. "Let's do this, brujo.”
― Aiden Thomas, Cemetery Boys

“We were never just friends, were we?’
I tried to remember. Had there ever been a time when my heart didn’t race around her? When my hands weren’t drawn to her hands? When fighting with her didn’t feel like the end of the world? When she wasn’t untangling my life? When we weren’t tangled together?
‘No,’ I said. ‘I guess we were never just.”
― Jen St. Jude, If Tomorrow Doesn't Come

“Skating presented a strange debacle. I disliked the femininity of it all yet was attracted to it nonetheless. I always tried not to stare too much, but-”
― Tillie Walden

“You could have had this instead”
― André Aciman, Call Me By Your Name

“Marking Raxter as hers, and sometimes I think that if she asked, I’d let her to the same to me.”
― Rory Power, Wilder Girls

“The stupid field trip... I went back to staring out the window, wishing I was anywhere but there. Wishing the trip wouldn't last much longer. Not knowing it was going to be the longest one of my life.”
― Amy Briant, The Book of Kell

“I was confident she and I had been taught entirely different things in school. She learned that a pretty girl often gets her way. I learned not to get caught alone in the corridor between classes.”
― Amy Briant, The Book of Kell

“Want to find out his secrets? Just be careful, you might uncover things you do not want to know.”
― Camilla Vavruch, Stone of Shadows

“L'anima gemella non esiste. E forse è anche peggio. Se l'anima gemella esistesse, allora potresti incolpare il destino nel caso in cui le cose non funzionassero. Nel nostro caso, invece, possiamo solo dare la colpa alle scelte che abbiamo fatto. Perché io ho scelto lui e lui ha scelto me.”
― Jessica Lascar, Love is a mess