Asha Patel

“This isn't a strength, Aunt True," I said, "but it's dark in here."
"That's because it's nighttime, you moron!" scoffed Danny.”
― Heather Vogel Frederick, Absolutely Truly

“An obit for a house?" he questioned as he relit his pipe. "Has she lost her mind?"

"No," I said. "She just speaks her mind."

"Amen to that," he remarked.”
― Jack Gantos

“Brent suddenly thought back to Miss Gill, the mediator in Chicago, and her saying the effects of an act traveled far beyond one's knowledge. He knew she'd meant harmful acts, like his. He saw now that the same could be said for good deeds-good, bad, and indifferent-sent a wave rolling out of sight. He wondered what his own accounting, generations later, would look like.”
― Paul Fleischman

“Trivia is mainstream. 'Nerd' is the new 'cool.”
― Ken Jennings