C.B. Lee > Quotes

“The only time she's come close to being "known" was when she accidentally came out as bisexual during sophomore English class while talking about her favorite poem.”
― C.B. Lee, Not Your Sidekick

“We can't just sit on our asses and not live our lives while we're trying to expose a corrupt government.”
― C.B. Lee, Not Your Sidekick

“You love me," Abby says, smiling.
Jess leans forward. "Yeah, I really do. This isn't our Romeo and Juliet moment. You're going to be okay. No one is dying.
"No, it's the end. I want a goodbye kiss.”
― C.B. Lee, Not Your Sidekick

“She's given up trying to stand out.”
― C.B. Lee, Not Your Sidekick

“Everyone should be afraid of those who can embroider. We have the patience to keep stabbing the same thing over and over again.”
― C.B. Lee, A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix

“Maybe Jess was caught up with these ridiculous, impossible ideas because it meant she never had to try for something real.”
― C.B. Lee, Not Your Sidekick

“Working for Master Mischief? This would be an act of sheer rebellion. Her parents would be livid if they ever found out. And it would be hilarious.”
― C.B. Lee, Not Your Sidekick

“should tell you, the job description was super-vague and that I am probably not at all qualified to do any technical stuff. I made something explode in chemistry last year.”
― C.B. Lee, Not Your Sidekick

“She looks great in that skirt. Her butt is so cute.”
― C.B. Lee, Not Your Sidekick

“It's old-school to write by hand, but Jess likes the way the words blossom under her fingertips [. . .] These scribblings and imaginings are for no one else.”
― C.B. Lee, Not Your Sidekick

“There’s no such thing as normal,”
― C.B. Lee, Not Your Villain

“We can’t just sit on our asses and not live our lives while we’re trying to expose a corrupt government,”
― C.B. Lee, Not Your Sidekick

“What's the best way to say because it's too embarrassing to talk to a crush about sex and read an explicit thing they wrote while they're right there?”
― C.B. Lee, Not Your Sidekick

“Jess is painfully aware of how young she is. Her shirtsleeves don't quite extend to her wrists; after a growth spurt last summer, her debate clothes don't fit as well as she thought. She feels as if she's playing dress-up.”
― C.B. Lee, Not Your Sidekick

“Jess is too big for her skin, as if she might float away in the exhilarating possibility of the moment.”
― C.B. Lee, Not Your Sidekick

“The Smashmobile is driver-operated, and she’s qualified to drive it, but only in case of emergency. Claudia”
― C.B. Lee, Not Your Sidekick

“The only time she’s come close to being “known” was when she accidentally came out as bisexual during sophomore English class while talking about her favorite poem.”
― C.B. Lee, Not Your Sidekick

“A queerplatonic relationship can look different for many people, but the important part is that it encompasses that bigness that you were talking about. A queerplatonic relationship can have very close emotional connections and commitment between people and can be a helpful way of saying that you are life partners, but not necessarily romantic.”
― c.b. lee, Not Your Backup

“It’s like the whole world changed when suddenly the prophecy was about me instead of my mom, and I wasn’t ready for that. I wasn’t ready to face the world without her.”
― C.B. Lee, Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe

“the big secret to life is that the universe hears everything you want: everything you put into it, all your hopes and dreams, every energy into every thought. So the more positively you think—the more energy you put into believing that your dreams are possible, the more motivation you have to go after them—the more the universe will respond in kind and make you more in tune to see those opportunities.”
― C.B. Lee, Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe

“Here and now there is no prophecy, just everyday people living their lives, and I’m a part of that, a single thread woven into a deep and intricate tapestry of life.”
― C.B. Lee, Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe

“Apparently the big secret to life is that the universe hears every thing you want; everything you put into it, all your hopes and dreams, every entry into every thought. So the more positivity you think- the more energy you put into believing that your dreams are possible, the more motivation you have to go after them-the more the universe will respond in kind and make you more in tune to see those opportunities.”
― C.B. Lee, Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe

“Chatter about them consumes every moment of the entire Collective. And Emma knows why: to distract the public and keep them occupied with meaningless, contrived nonsense while the real crimes happened right under their noses. Captain Orion, the Commander of the League, the nation's most famous and revered hero captured on live video kidnapping and experimenting on meta-humans—that damning evidence should be enough to change the public's mind, but the League easily spun the story, making Orion out to be a villain with her own evil plot. With Lowell Kingston in power—and determined to keep the League under his thumb, keep the country involved in overseas conflict and the public eye away from his corruption—the Collective is a far cry from the egalitarian, peaceful society that it claims to be, the herald of a new age rising from war and disaster.”
― C.B. Lee, Not Your Backup

“Anh interlaces her fingers with my own, and together we face the horizon.”
― C.B. Lee, A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix

“You gonna make cha siu bao today?” I ask, peering around the kitchen. I was hoping that would be my lunch.”
― C.B. Lee, Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe