Eloise Smith

“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

“When you come into the world with another person, they’re as much a part of you as your heartbeat.”
― Karen M. McManus, Two Can Keep a Secret

“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