Out of Nowhere

Nov 2024: Reread this for the fourth(!) time and it still stands as one of my favorite MM books of all time. The depiction and evolution of Colin's self-hatred is genuinely peak literature.

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“You were as much in prison as anyone I knew there, Colin. Only you created it for yourself. Your father paced out the cell and your brothers fit the bars and you turned the key in the lock and buried it somewhere only you know. And you stared at Daniel through the bars and cursed him for being able to walk out the door. But he's not the one who did something wrong. All he did was save himself. And you can too. But you have to find that key and unlock the door.”