Lily

“Between a demon that could end the world and a seventh-grade girl, Aru (and probably most people) would choose the demon any day.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time

“In this room, there is no 'chick music'. There is o 'dude music' or 'bro music'. There is music. Period. There are different musical genres. There are male and female musical artists. But music is music." -Donna”
― Lisa Jenn Bigelow, Drum Roll, Please

“There are those who are neither a man nor a woman. Those who were born and called the wrong gender and must reshape their story for those around them. But you. You’re something else. You’re whatever is safe. Both, maybe, but not neither. Or interchangeable. Names are funny things, because they can feel like lies but tell our truths.”
― Maggie Tokuda-Hall, The Mermaid, the Witch, and the Sea

“Hey, all the cool kids are sleeping with stuffed animals these days.”
― Shannon Messenger, Lodestar