Casey McQuiston

both superhuman and heartbreakingly flesh and blood

Sorry I’m not obsessed with you like everyone else. I know that must be confusing for you.”
“Do you know what?” Henry says. “I think you are

They grew up made to talk about their feelings a lot, and then his mother became president, and life became less about feelings and more about international relations

Sworn enemies forced to make peace to settle tensions between their countries? There’s something totally Shakespearean about it.”
“Shakespearean in that hopefully I’ll get stabbed to death

love is more important than status, and doing what’s right beats money and power

Henry is annoyingly attractive. That’s always been a thing, objectively. It’s fine

are you watching videos of Justin Trudeau speaking French again?”

Christ, you are as thick as it gets,” he says, and he grabs Alex’s face in both hands and kisses him

Straight people, he thinks, probably don’t spend this much time convincing themselves they’re straight

I wanted to believe in some people being good and doing this job because they want to do good