Joy Liberatore

“You’re just – you spend all your time worrying about losing your edge or getting dumped or whatever and you’re never for a second grateful. You’re the valedictorian. You’re going to a great school next year, for free. So maybe you’re not a child prodigy. That’s good. At least you’re not a child anymore. Or, you’re not supposed to be, anyway.”
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

“But we don’t pray to change the world (or, in this case, the cactus); we pray to change ourselves, and so I continue my supplications—my begging and protestations—in the hopes that I may alter my own perception of this bitter flavor.”
― Melissa Broder, Death Valley

“Luna’s heart was pulled to her grandmother’s heart. Was love a compass?
Luna’s mind was pulled to her grandmother’s mind. Was knowledge a magnet?”
― Kelly Barnhill, The Girl Who Drank the Moon

“Please help me to see him as You do.”
― Melissa Broder, Death Valley