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“You big crybaby," I whispered into his ear. "Now you know why your mom warned you not to hit girls. Sometimes they hit back.”
― Kirsten Miller, Inside the Shadow City

“When I grow up, I'd like to be dangerous.”
― Kirsten Miller, Inside the Shadow City

“Justice will prevail!”
― Tsugumi Ohba

“An eye for an eye my friend.”
― Tsugumi Ohba

“I'm gonna take a patato chip! AND eat it!”
― Tsugumi Ohba

“Life is short, have dessert first.”
― Wendy Mass, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

“I've always found that one of the biggest benefits of being a girl is that most people refuse to take you seriously. While boys must be constantly monitored and are always the first suspects when anything goes wrong, everyone expects girls to do what they're told. It may seem a little insulting at first, but low expectations can be a blessing in disuise. If you're smart, you can use people's foolishness to your own advantage. It's amazing what you can get away with when no one bothers watching.”
― Kirsten Miller, Inside the Shadow City

“The people on the train with me don't know it, but in my head I'm dancing.”
― Wendy Mass, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life

“You see, freedom has a way of destroying things.”
― Scott Westerfeld, Extras

“Things usually work out in the end."
"What if they don't?"
"That just means you haven't come to the end yet.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

“One time I saw a tiny Joshua tree sapling growing not too far from the old tree. I wanted to dig it up and replant it near our house. I told Mom that I would protect it from the wind and water it every day so that it could grow nice and tall and straight. Mom frowned at me. "You'd be destroying what makes it special," she said. "It's the Joshua tree's struggle that gives it its beauty.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

“When people kill themselves, they think they're ending the pain, but all they're doing is passing it on to those they leave behind.”
― Jeannette Walls

“You should never hate anyone, even your worst enemies. Everyone has something good about them. You have to find the redeeming quality and love the person for that.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

“If you don't want to sink, you better figure out how to swim”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

“The fact is, you don't love me, and you haven't destroyed me. You don't have what it takes to do that.”
― Jeannette Walls

“When God closes a door, he opens a window, but it's up to you to find it.”
― Jeannette Walls

“Most important thing in life is learning how to fall.”
― Jeannette Walls, Half Broke Horses

“I wanted to let the world know that no one had a perfect life, that even the people who seemed to have it all had their secrets.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle