Rod Brown

“[Calvin's Mom is driving him somewhere.]

CALVIN: Mom, can I drive on the way back?

CALVIN'S MOM: Of course not, Calvin.

CALVIN: Can I just steer then? I promise I won't crash.

CALVIN'S MOM: No, Calvin.

CALVIN: Can I work the gas and brakes while YOU steer?

CALVIN'S MOM: No, Calvin.

CALVIN: You never let me do anything.”
― Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes

“Fighting the forces of evil – whether Black, gay, feminist, or fabulous – would take drastic measures, the hate-mongers told their followers. Books would need to be banned and laws broken. Some parts of the Constitution might no longer apply to everyone. And there were sections of the Bible they'd have to ignore, starting with love thy neighbor.”
― Kirsten Miller, Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books

“I am insulated from the weather by my house and its conditioned air. I eat strawberries in January. When it is raining, I can go inside. When it is dark, I can turn on the lights. It is easy for me to feel like climate is mostly an outside phenomenon, whereas I am mostly an inside phenomenon.”
― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet

“Despair isn't very productive. That's the problem with it. Like a replicating virus, all despair can make is more of itself.”
― John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet