Toni

“These corporate suits learned what a thousand organizations and governments throughout history already knew. If you go to war against drugs, drugs will always win. Drugs will win because what you’re really doing is going to war against the biological imperative all living creatures have to find comfort and happiness. And if you’re unwilling or unable to first provide that, artificial alternatives, no matter how destructive, will always prevail.”
― Matt Dinniman, A Parade of Horribles

“PSS was a private think tank out-sourcing company, which drew on solutions from prodigies like me to solve all kinds of economic, agricultural, and political world problems. They operated secretly, to avoid drawing attention to the prodigies they employed. When they sought me out during my first year at Stanley, my family and I had to sign a confidentiality agreement just to learn more about them. Despite my father’s outspoken dislike, I’d always been interested in the work PSS did.”
― Nova McBee, Calculated: A YA Action Adventure Series

“He let out a small, nervous laugh. “Fine. Go to China. But no matter what, don’t tell anyone what else you can do.” “Deal.” He grew quiet and found my free hand. “I love you, Jo. You’re worth more than millions of dollars. Remember that, ok?”
― Nova McBee, Calculated: A YA Action Adventure Series

“We sluggalos have a code. That code is ‘unity, support, family, and kneecapping bitches.”
― Matt Dinniman, A Parade of Horribles