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Mother, I have so many secrets.

— Everything is Beautiful And I’m Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection by Yao Xiao

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Participation in fat-shaming is not a requirement of being Asian.

— Everything is Beautiful and I’m Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection by Yao Xiao

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Everything is Beautiful, and I’m Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection by Yao Xiao

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That’s not a restroom. It’s a horror show.

Technically, it’s a restroom and a horror show.

— By Night, by John Allison, Christine Larsen, Sarah Stern

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If only Mr. Jobson had the same yeoman attitude to work. He’s been pecking at the idiots oblong all day.

— By Night, by John Allison, Christine Larsen, Sarah Stern

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Dad, sports metaphors are a blight on American discourse!

— By Night, by John Allison, Christine Larsen, Sarah Stern

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These books are all blank.

Best kind. Y’can write anything in them. Write your dreams or poems, secrets or recipes.

— Sandman, by Neil Gaiman

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I should warn you, getting what you want and being happy are two quite different things.

— Sandman, by Neil Gaiman

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I wish I met a slightly more adventurous American.

Well, I am fairly wild in my aversion to risk.

— Liebestrasse, by Greg Lockard, Tim Fish, Hector Barros, Lucas Gattoni

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I must assume then that you have not seen much art… but the hyperbole of your American optimism is charming.

— Liebestrasse, by Greg Lockard, Tim Fish, Hector Barros, Lucas Gattoni

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You’re not some kind of pervert, are you?

I am the very best kind of pervert. In the words of the immortal Quentin himself, I am one of the stately homos of old England.

— Sandman by Neil Gaiman

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I remember my first year at SF Pride thinking that the asexual group had the best signs.

— Gender Queer, Maia Kobabe

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You say what I want or I take the ear. Ear today, gone tomorrow, Hank.

— Basketful of Heads by Joe Hill, Leomacs (illustrator), Riccardo La Bella (illustrator)

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Tea isn’t gonna fix this, Lou!

—Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden

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Tell me about your mother.

— Cthulhu Tales: Delirium Omnibus. In the π of the Beholder.

Mark Waid (Story), Chee (Art), Andrea Barreto (Color), Marshall Dillon (Letters)

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Bartlett and July have chosen to walk their unending paths together, hand in hand until the sun and the stars fall from the sky.

They do not do this lightly. They do so with caution. With respect. But not with fear, or with doubt, in their hearts.

They do this not because they fear the path alone, but because... for them, there was no path until they found one another.

—Redneck, Vol 3: Longhorns

Donny Cates, Lisandro Estherren (Artist), Dee Cunniffee (Colorist)

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It’s taken me a long time to wrap my head around that ... You loved me so much you wouldn’t let me die. And that... That’s what was so scary about it.

—Redneck, Vol 3: Longhorns

Donny Cates, Lisandro Estherren (Artist), Dee Cunniffee (Colorist)