Mel S.

“It sounds silly in his head, but Grandpa Ray felt like family in a way that Rick had never noticed before and couldn't explain it. Dad, Mom, Diane, Thomas - they were all part of this family, of course. But Grandpa Ray? He felt like the pillow on the couch at home that said 'family is where you store your heart”
― Alex Gino, Rick

“...because sometimes we are from where we were least dead and not where we were born.”
― Julian Randall, Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora

“Sisters never stand a chance to be friends. We're pitted against each other from the moment we are born. A daughter is a treasure. Two is a tax.”
― Mary H.K. Choi, Yolk

“Dying isn’t the important thing. It’s nothing more than the punctuation mark on the end of your life. It’s everything that came before that matters. Punctuation marks, most people skip right over them. They don’t even have a sound.”
― Grady Hendrix, The Final Girl Support Group