Holly

“I had never classified myself with other girls. I was not of their species; I was different. I had never thought my future would be like theirs.”
― Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

“One day I would have all the books in the world, shelves and shelves of them. I would live my life in a tower of books. I would read all day long and eat peaches. And if any young knights in armor dared to come calling on their white chargers and plead with me to let down my hair, I would pelt them with peach pits until they went home.”
― Jacqueline Kelly, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

“Melissa Miller, sixteen and a self-injurer, looked upon the embodiment of her rage. "I accept you," Missy said, opening her arms wide. "I accept me.”
― Jackie Morse Kessler, Rage

“His voice, dark and velvety soft, intimate and yet cold: You have blood on your hands.”
― Jackie Morse Kessler, Rage