{"quotes":[{"text":"Love, he thinks, is a lie that people tell each other in order to make the world bearable. He is not up for the lie anymore. And nobody is going to lie to him like that, anyway. He's not even worth a lie.","author":"David Levithan","tags":["angst","despair","glbt","young-adult"],"id":4941,"author_id":"David+Levithan"},{"text":"I’ve lived in this world a long time, and you can’t change what you like, even if you’d want to.","author":"Hunter Murphy","tags":["acceptance","gay","glbt","imogene","lgbt"],"id":19906,"author_id":"Hunter+Murphy"},{"text":"Jules rested the violin and bow on the case and sat down next to Jason. He hesitated for a moment, watching the older man with uncomfortable intensity, then reached for Jason and brushed a single tear from his cheek. For Jason, the touch was electric, and his physical response unexpected.“Bach always touches my soul,” Jules half whispered. His fingers still rested against Jason’s cheek. “He must have known great love, and great pain, to write something so powerful.” Jason realized that his own pain must be showing on his face, because Jules, too, looked sad.'I’ve never been religious,” Jules said, his eyes never leaving Jason’s, “but I played this piece in a tiny church once. It was like God was there with me, speaking through me.”When Jason remained silent, Jules leaned forward and kissed him lightly on the lips. At a loss to explain the intense emotional and sexual response of his own body and equally unable to stop himself, Jasonreached for Jules and returned the kiss. The younger man’s lips tasted of wine and musk, and Jason realized that he was hungry for more.","author":"Shira Anthony","tags":["gay","gay-romance","glbt","m-m","m-m-romance"],"id":26493,"author_id":"Shira+Anthony"},{"text":"As soon as Neil is out of the shower, he texts Peter. You up? He asks.And the reply comes instantly:For anything.","author":"David Levithan","tags":["glbt","texting","young-adult"],"id":30757,"author_id":"David+Levithan"},{"text":"Tell me something good about your life,' I whispered, needing to hear that he wasn't as broken as I thought him to be.Peter breathed into the handset for about two minutes. I began wondering if he was about to hang up, or had fallen asleep, when he answered. 'You.' It was so quiet I almost didn't hear it. And then he hung up before I could ask him to repeat himself.I fell asleep, grinning, with the phone still clutched in my hand and my milk souring on the coffee table.","author":"Dani Alexander","tags":["dani-alexander","gay","gay-romance","glbt","m-m-romance","shattered-glass"],"id":53305,"author_id":"Dani+Alexander"},{"text":"I'm still not totally sure I know what's true about me.","author":"Kenneth Logan","tags":["coming-out","glbt","growing-up","high-school","lgbt","parents","romance","self-discovery","teen","ya"],"id":69374,"author_id":"Kenneth+Logan"},{"text":"Dude,” he said instead, “I’m flattered as hell.” And then he kicked my foot, lightly, twice. He was smiling.He couldn’t see the chasm that had opened behind my ribs.","author":"Kenneth Logan","tags":["coming-out","glbt","growing-up","lgbt","parents","romance","teen","ya"],"id":105601,"author_id":"Kenneth+Logan"},{"text":"There's a strange lack of knowledge about the role of drag queens in our culture. I attribute this to the appalling state of our country's educational system. Others might blame an utter lack of interest. Who am I to judge?","author":"Josh Kilmer-Purcell","tags":["drag-queen","educational-system","gay","glbt"],"id":114334,"author_id":"Josh+Kilmer-Purcell"},{"text":"Day drag.' Ashley answered simply. 'The sun turns vampires into dust and drag queens into this.' He motioned with his hand down his body.","author":"Kyle Adams","tags":["drag","drag-queen","funny","gay","glbt","mm","queen"],"id":115669,"author_id":"Kyle+Adams"},{"text":"I've always wanted to wake up one day in a world where I liked the right people, and they lied me in return. I worry it'll never happen.","author":"Kenneth Logan","tags":["coming-out","glbt","growing-up","high-school","lgbt","love","parents","romance","self-discovery","teen","ya"],"id":118049,"author_id":"Kenneth+Logan"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":58,"pages":6,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}