Wishes were like poison, Jimmy thought. When you made them, they were all bright and shiny, sweet as candy. But they lingered and languished and didn’t come true, and so they curdled and went bad. Became toxic. That’s why he never made them to begin with.

We will never achieve freedom – not until the very end – but the fight can be so beautiful.

Conosceva Shane come lui conosceva Rattlesnake: il territorio circostante, il carattere e le vicende della sua storia. Conosceva Shane come fosse casa.

I’m gay!” Ben said, kind of loudly. That announcement momentarily derailed Austin’s maturity-seeking train. “Really, dude? ‘Cause you don’t ping my gaydar even a little. Are you sure?

You can’t conquer everything with love. But it sure makes a hell of an ally.

But Mama told me it’s not the color of a person’s uniform that makes him a good man or a bad one. It’s what’s in here.

You don’t hope. You don’t want. That only leads to destruction.

Jimmy looked down at himself. Clean jeans and a clean gray sweatshirt. “Am I not dressed right?” “Hell if I know. Mom says I’m hopeless at picking out clothes. I guess the cowboy genes outweigh the gay ones.

There’s always people who think they have the right to decide who other people are supposed to be.

Some people think family’s about DNA, but it ain’t. It’s about the folks who want you, who stick with you no matter what. They know your secrets and flaws, and you know theirs, and you love each other anyway.