“Being gay is like glitter, it never goes away.”

“I've never worked where it was hard to be gay. Besides, being gay is a spectacular irrelevance to getting on with your life.”

“You can’t understand what it’s like to have the choice taken away, a man forcing himself on you. Not caring if you want or don’t want… and that powerlessness. Not being strong enough to stop – not having any control. It’s something that never goes away.”

“As you become more aligned with the truth of who you are, the question of liking yourself goes away. It is a natural state of being.”

“The thing about the sun… is that it’s always there. Like sometimes, you can’t see it, but it never really goes away.”

“That was how it always was with Colleen: No matter how sad she felt, there was always this little bit of hope - like a speck of glitter caught in your eyelash - that never went away, no matter what.”