Elle Maruska

“Nanoannie didn’t like this. Parents are not supposed to die. Krona and Escudo would definitely not allow themselves to be murdered. “But why be negative? Let’s assume they’re alive and try to figure where they went.”
― Mary Turzillo, Mars Girls -- A YA Science Fiction Adventure Novel

“I want to keep people safe, so I try to learn all I can,” Evelyn said as her heart swelled with an intense feeling of recognition. “About minds, hearts, sexuality, gender, identity, your whole life, it’s all important… Wish I’d known a lot more a long time ago. It makes everything easier.” “Just having the words helps,” he said quietly. “Yeah,”
― RoAnna Sylver, Chameleon Moon

“Sometimes it is good to remind ourselves how bitterness tastes.”
― Rin Chupeco, The Bone Witch

“Arriving at each new city, the traveler finds again a past of his that he did not know he had: the foreignness of what you no longer are or no longer possess lies in wait for you in foreign, unpossessed places.”
― Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities