Toni

“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

“You’re growing up so fast, Jo. In just a few days, you’ll walk away with a PhD. I can’t hold on to you forever.” His eyes welled up with tears.”
― Nova McBee, Calculated: A YA Action Adventure Series

“In less than a year, Dad’s company made more money than he’d or I’d ever imagined. So we made even more. It was thrilling for a while. But money wasn’t as joyful as everyone thought; it couldn’t bring back someone you loved. Eventually my gift frightened him. He worried I’d be taken advantage of.”
― Nova McBee, Calculated: A YA Action Adventure Series

“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