Rachel

“Time is always precious,” Hirianthial said softly. “Only if you fill it with something,” Sascha said. “Otherwise it’s marking the hours.”
― M.C.A. Hogarth, Earthrise

“star charts this time, but rendered in calligraphy and gold and silver leaf, stunning juxtapositions of the technological future and the hand-crafted past.”
― M.C.A. Hogarth, Even The Wingless

“That’s how it works, doesn’t it? We are saved by saving others.”
― Jonathan Auxier, Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

“Doug Swieteck,' Mr. Ferris said, 'do you know the basic principle of physical science?'

A trick?

'No,' I said, sort of slow.

'The basic principle of physical science is this: no two bodies can occupy the same space at the same time. Do you understand that?'

'I think so,' I said.

'Do you understand what the principle means?'

I shook my head.

'It means, Doug Swieteck, that in this class, you are not your brother.”
― Gary D. Schmidt, Okay for Now