Ella

“This is not a resting bitch face This is a touch-me-and-die face”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout

“This is the story of a girl who lost her voice and wrote herself a new one.”
― Laurie Halse Anderson, Shout

“When an old person dies,” Kent said, “even if that person is wonderful, he or she is still somewhat ready, and so are the people who loved them. They’re like old trees, whose roots have loosened in the ground. They fall gently. But when someone like your aunt Sylvie dies—before her time—her roots get pulled out and the ground is ripped up. Everyone nearby is in danger of being knocked over.”
― Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful

“A never-ending exercise in empathy, opening the heart, hoping it all sinks in, waiting for that release of emotion.”
― Elliot Page, Pageboy: A Memoir