Troubletail

“But a male tree produces only small, well-behaved flowers—that is, if your definition of well behaved includes spewing plant sperm into the air for weeks on end.”
― Amy Stewart, Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities

“When we put his kippah into the museum, everyone was talking about how much money it was worth and the embroidery by some famous artist and how it was a national relic, and all this -- but I was just thinking of Shabbat, and seders, and -- and it didn't mean any of those things to me. It meant lighting candles. It meant he'd hid the afikomen in the palace for me and joking with his advisors as he waited around for me to find it so he could give me a new book. National treasure? I--' She blinked away new tears, but this time the look on her face was one of indignation.”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango

“I realized it was a choice between being the perfect girl they expected and living a happy and productive life.”
― Kayla Bashe, Graveyard Sparrow

“Whether someone is useful only matters if you value people by their use.”
― Corinne Duyvis, On the Edge of Gone