JuJulia

“Be honest,' said Yellow Stripe. 'Does this helmet make my head look fat?'
'Fat is not bad,' said Red Stripe, rolling his eyes. 'Stop looking at those magazine covers. They're totally enchanted.'
Brynne paused to raise her left fist in solidarity and kept moving.
'I know, I know...but the covers are so shiny...' said Yellow Stripe.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Song of Death

“When people gave you work to do, you stopped being a person and became a part of the scenery. Sometimes that was convenient.”
― Yoon Ha Lee, Dragon Pearl

“That's my problem, actually. I don't talk to anybody about what's going on in my head, because I'm afraid they might not be able to take it.”
― Jeff Garvin, Symptoms of Being Human

“Families weren't like a box of standardized-test-taking number two pencils. Families were like a box of assorted-color Sharpie markers: different, kinda stinky (but not in a bad way), and permanent whether you liked it or not.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Song of Death