Lisa Wolf

“How does this end? Mika wondered. Not how she wanted it to. She thought of Caroline dressing Penny in clothes that matched her own. Of Hiromi forcing Mika to take dance lessons. How mothers see their daughters as echos, as do-overs, as younger versions of themselves who might have the life they didn't or have the same life as they did, but better. But children aren't second chances, Mika realized with a start. It was unfair for Hiromi to believe her desires should live inside Mika. Children are made to take a parent's love and pass it along.”
― Emiko Jean, Mika in Real Life

“I'm not going to sit around sweating my ass off just so men can feel more comfortable. It's not my responsibility to not turn them on. It's their responsibility to not be an asshole.”
― Taylor Reid Jenkins

“Look to the stars. Aim. Ignite.”
― Ashley Poston, Geekerella

“Why can't a girl be smart without it being explained away as a rare supernatural phenomenon?”
― Cat Winters, In the Shadow of Blackbirds