Valerie

“Running isn't me. This body also isn't me. It's a bunch of skin and fat and skeleton carrying around the real me, my brain or my spirit or whatever it is that makes Lizzie. Sometimes I think it was a mistake that I wound up in this body--maybe even a mistake that I wound up being human. Maybe I was supposed to be a tree. Tall, steady, solitary, wise. Watching the rest of the world run.”
― Karen Wilfrid, Just Lizzie

“Step aside. While you were busy being heterosexual, I studied the art of the blade." - Rory”
― Laura Pohl, The Grimrose Girls

“You might have saved the Dance," I say loftily, "but I saved this school from Cats."

"Not all heroes wear capes," Ryan says, pushing open the classroom door. "You know, I kind of like Cats."

"You like watching aviation disaster documentaries too," I say blandly, hiking up my backpack on one shoulder.”
― Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All

“Halloween would be . . . okay," she says, with all the deliberation of a somewhat uncertain judge delivering a verdict. "But no sexy catgirls. Or boys. No catpeople.”
― Amanda DeWitt, Wren Martin Ruins It All