Tough Cookie Quotes

“For a brief second, I wondered if I should go back to the kitchen and hide there until he went away.
No. Ellie 2.0 was made of stronger stuff. I steeled myself, viciously stomping on the tiny seed of hope that was beginning to sprout in my heart. My reasonable, levelheaded brain wisely advised that I should approach him with the caution I would reserve for great white sharks, taipan snakes, and saltwater crocodiles.”
― Cynthia Timoti, Salty, Spiced, and a Little Bit Nice

“Soon I will have everything I need to resurrect myself and my people--- and you're just a girl, Moana. What can you do to me?"
Noe's hands rose into the air, and Moana lunged.
Noe had asked.
Moana pulled back her heavy stone arm and punched the girl solidly in the jaw.
The hit landed, sprawling Noe onto the sand. She looked up. Shock bled through her eyes.
"You're not the only one with a foot in death now, Noe," Moana said, lurching toward her with her volcanic fist again.”
― Keala Kendall, How Far I'll Go