Zoey Renée

“The job of every generation is to discover the flaws of the one that came before it. That's part of growing up, figuring out all the ways your parents and their friends are broken.”
― Justine Larbalestier, Zombies Vs. Unicorns

“But I'm learning it's human nature to want the things you can't have. What changes is how you go about pursuing the things you want. When you're a little kid and you're told no, you scream and throw a temper tantrum. When you're a teenager and your parents tell you no, you're old enough to internalize your temper tantrum. But you're smarter and you're sneakier this time around. So you nod and act like you care when they say no, when they tell you who you can be friends with, when they say the know what's best.

But then you go behind their backs to do it anyway.

Because at some point, you need to start calling the shots. At some point, you need to start believing you know whats best. Or, I thought with a smile, you just stop asking for their permission in the first place.”
― Katie Kacvinsky, Awaken

“Everyone else we knew growing up is the same: image of their parents, no matter how loud they told themselves they'd be different”
― Tana French, In the Woods

“I want to be like water. I want to slip through fingers, but hold up a ship.”
― Michelle Williams