Sara Farizan Quotes & Sayings

Everyone in my family always spares one another's feelings. It leaves little room for honesty. — Sara Farizan

I wish there was a manual on how to come out and what a young gay person is supposed to do. Like, — Sara Farizan

You're not a phase, Leila. If anything, you're the only thing in my life that makes sense these days." I — Sara Farizan

She begins to undress and I soak in every curve, every part of her that she sees as a flaw and I see as a revelation. — Sara Farizan

It's the ambiguity that throws people; they want to know which box to put you in. — Sara Farizan

I was doing fine until you were so ridiculously sweet at just the right times. — Sara Farizan

I love you. You're my whole reason to exist. That's why this is hard. — Sara Farizan

What do you want?
I want to stop living in fear. I want to stop coming up with excuses about why I'm not interested in dating. I want my family to know me. I want to get to learn more about Lisa. I want to stop feeling like everything I am is inadequate or makes me unworthy of love because of something I can't help. — Sara Farizan

How do people do this? How do people work up the courage to be themselves even if it means facing rejection from people who love them? Why don't people get medals for this? — Sara Farizan

I'm on the curvy side, which has somehow become a crime. — Sara Farizan

Her hands are grabbing my neck, and I don't know if she might choke me. I don't care. If there's a way to die, this should be it. — Sara Farizan

It's like finding a magical unicorn in a high school full of cattle. — Sara Farizan

There is no fairy godmother, Cinderella. Life doesn't work that way. If you're patient and go through the steps, you will be able to change. But there's a lot of energy that goes into a transformation. — Sara Farizan

I'm not heterophobic or anything. I just wish I didn't have to watch them express their lust for each other all the time. — Sara Farizan

I'm scared, but I need to get out of this room. I need to find ways to distract the gnawing pain that feeds off of every surface of my body. — Sara Farizan

I wish I had gaydar. I wish it were something you could pick up in a store. — Sara Farizan

And then I knew for sure what I had been trying to avoid for so long. Everything rushed to the surface. I cried as I remembered throwing the dress I had received for my third birthday on the floor. I cried as I remembered wanting to be best friends with a girl in fifth grade because she was so pretty. I cried as I remembered always rescuing the girl, played by a stuffed animal, while pretending to be Indiana Jones. I — Sara Farizan

Sometimes the best things for us aren't necessarily the things we want. — Sara Farizan