Squad Quotes

“See," Sasha muttered, eyeing the sun. "It's mine.”
― Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad

“Second thoughts? About the Squad?"
She nodded.
"I'm starting to think the CIA is seriously deranged for letting us do this," I told her, "but that doesn't mean I don't want to do it." I paused. "Actually, the fact that we probably shouldn't be doing this kind of makes me want to do it more."
Zee snorted. "Adrenaline junkie," she accused.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Killer Spirit

“For a moment, there was silnece, and then at Brooke's nod, the rest of the Squad, minus me, chimed in. "Yes, sir."
I said nothing. For one thing, I wasn't exactly keen on speaking in unison, and for another, I wasn't about to make any promises I couldn't keep.
"Toby."
I jumped in my seat. The Voice actually knew my name. And somehow, he had the freaky ability to ascertain that of all of us, I was the one who hadn't responded.
"Do you understand?"
I contemplated telling him what I didn't understand was his familial relationshiops, but stayed momentarily silent, causing everyone within a three-foot radius to kick me under the table at once.
"Ow!" I cleared my throat. "I mean, yes." I didn't throw the sir on the end, but apparently, that was good enough for the Voice.
"Excellent. Report in tonight, and we'll have more information for you all tomorrow. And girl?"
"Yes?"
"Congratulations on the homecoming nominations. We're all very proud.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Killer Spirit

“Considering our states of mind just the week before, it was hard to believe that the five of us could all be so free and happy, so uninhibited, and all dancing at once, but I guess when we joined together and finally opened up, we made more than a star: We made music.”
― willa strayhorn, The Way We Bared Our Souls

“We are LornaCruzCharlotteDelilahIsla and we aren’t afraid of love, even if we’re supposed to be.”
― Corey Ann Haydu, The Careful Undressing of Love

“On our own, we’d look totally normal. Together, we’re something else. Together, we’re special.”
― Corey Ann Haydu, The Careful Undressing of Love

“We've been called radicals, terrorists. We've been dismissed as an impossible fringe movement. But now we are a multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multi-generational, multi-faith mass movement united in demanding change, in demanding accountability, in demanding that our police, our government, our country recognize that Black lives do indeed matter.

(From election victory speech)”
― Cori Bush

“The riot squad that are arresting the Mauna Kea protectors are in for an education on the biological toxicity of the 13,796 feet summit when they transport the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) up the mountain. For some of them, they may later develop the long term effects of High Altitude Observatory Disease (HAOD).”
― Steven Magee

“Keep an eye on the idiot in your team, if you don't see one, its you.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Most squads are cross-functional, consisting of engineers and marketers, collaborating as a single team with a shared understanding of customer value.”
― Nicole Forsgren, Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations

“I will never understand why a group of police officers act as a firing squad on their victim.”
― Steven Magee