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“Look! A riddle! Time for fun!
Should we use a rope or gun?
Knives are sharp and gleam so pretty
Poison’s slow, which is a pity
Fire is festive, drowning’s slow
Hanging’s a ropy way to go
A broken head, a nasty fall
A car colliding with a wall
Bombs make a very jolly noise
Such ways to punish naughty boys!
What shall we use? We can’t decide.
Just like you cannot run or hide.
Ha ha.
Truly,
Devious”
― Maureen Johnson, Truly, Devious

“Of course I worry too much,” Nate said. “But I’m usually right. The people who worry are always right. That’s how that works.”
― Maureen Johnson, Truly Devious

“Rumors are born with legs that can run a mile in less than a minute.
Rumors eat up dreams without condiments.
Rumors do not have expiration dates.
Rumors can be deadly.
Rumors can get you killed.”
― Tiffany D. Jackson, Monday's Not Coming

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“I know what you’re thinking. How can a whole person, a kid, disappear and no one say a word? Like if the sun just up and left one day, you’d think someone would sound an alarm, right? But Ma used to say, not everyone circles the same sun. I never knew what she meant by that until Monday went missing.”
― Tiffany D. Jackson, Monday's Not Coming

“Everyone doesn't circle the same sun.”
― Tiffany D. Jackson, Monday's Not Coming

“Can I tell you a secret? I knew she was dead. I just hoped she'd be in the trunk of a car, chopped up, and buried somewhere. Not in a freezer, hiding in plain sight. That aggravated the pain felt by anyone who ever laid eyes on her. Once red, she became a starless sky, an endless midnight, a hole in the universe swallowing up the world, leaving everyone blind. Onyx, ebony, jet black.
A part of me was glad Monday wasn't named Friday. It would've been too tragic.”
― Tiffany D. Jackson, Monday's Not Coming

“...Dandelions are nothing but pretty weeds.”
― Tiffany D. Jackson, Monday's Not Coming

“May is the word you use when you're asking permission, she said. You have never waited to ask permission.”
― Ally Condie, The Only Girl in Town

“I wanted to die. I wasn’t allowed to say that, not out loud. The one time I did—and it was only hyperbole—Dad freaked out and threatened to send me to a hospital. “Don’t ever joke about that, Darius.” I didn’t really want to die, anyway. I just wanted to slip into a black hole and never come out.”
― Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay

“Let’s not pretend there’s no difference in how much the men get paid for doing the exact same thing as the women. Not going to change a thing pretending like I’m an ac-tor. Which is why I’m going to make my own movies and television. Acting is for those who want to be exploited by misogynist assholes.”
― Justine Larbalestier, My Sister Rosa

“They’re calling being black a look? How progressive of them.”
― Justine Larbalestier, My Sister Rosa

“Why did you push her ?' Rosa screams again. I realise she's pointing at me.”
― Justine Larbalestier, My Sister Rosa

“I don't think they're terrible parents. They love us. I think they're negligent parents. That's not the same thing.”
― Justine Larbalestier, My Sister Rosa