Just finished reading Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult… And sobbed, nbd.
The absolute best book I’ve ever read.
I know that the first person I kissed won’t be nearly as important as the last person I kiss.
And I also know better than to dream about things that can’t happen.
She holds out two toothbrushes, one blue and one purple. “Got a preference?”
: “Zoe… You know I’m a lesbian, right?”
: “I was talking about the toothbrushes,” she says.
: “I know.” I run my hands through my ridiculous, spiky hair. “I just I don’t want you to think I’m hiding anything.”
: She sits down across from me on her own bed. “I’m a Pisces.”
: “What difference does that make?”
: “What difference does it make to me if you’re gay?” Zoe says.
: I let out the breath I didn’t realize I have been holding. “Thanks.”
Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult
- She holds out two toothbrushes, one blue and one purple. "Got a preference?"
- "Zoe... You know I'm a lesbian, right?"
- "I was talking about the toothbrushes," she says.
- "I know." I run my hands through my ridiculous, spiky hair. "I just I don't want you to think I'm hiding anything."
- She sits down across from me on her own bed. "I'm a Pisces."
- "What difference does that make?"
- "What difference does it make to me if you're gay?" Zoe says.
- I let out the breath I didn't realize I have been holding. "Thanks."
- Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult
After that, I could look back with twenty-twenty vision and see that I never had boundaries with my female friends. I wanted to see their baby pictures and listen to their favorite songs and fix my hair the same way they fixed theirs. I would hang up the phone and think of one more thing I had to say. I wouldn’t have defined it as a physical attraction— it was more of an emotional attachment. I could never quite get enough, but I never let myself ask what “enough” really was.
Believe me, being gay is not a choice. No one would choose to make life harder than it has to be, and no matter how confident and comfortable a gay person is, he or she can’t control the thoughts of others.
