Eloise Smith

“I don’t understand why the world insists on stuffing kids into boxes we never asked for, and then gets mad when we won’t stay there.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Next

“I hate department stores. They're too bright, too loud, and too crammed full of junk that nobody needs. Whenever I'm forced to spend time in one I start thinking about how consumer culture is just one long, expensive, planet-killing distraction from the fact that we're all going to die eventually.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Next

“The harder you scrutinize randomness," Faraday declared, "the more coincidence seems like a design.”
― Neal Shusterman, Thunderhead

“It’s not about waiting for the good parts of history. We’re the ones who have to make them happen. We have to draw the timeline ourselves.” “Yeah, well. Right now, that just feels like a fuckton of pointless work.” “But the work itself is the point. You keep doing it, because otherwise, how do you keep from feeling helpless? It’s like those sharks that keep swimming or they die,” I say. “It’s about the act of resisting. Waking up every day and deciding not to give up.”
― Becky Albertalli, Yes No Maybe So: Jamie and Maya team up for grassroots political canvassing during Ramadan—and find an unexpected cross-cultural romance