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“Maybe that's why superheroes wore capes. Maybe they weren't capes at all, but safety blankets, like the one Aru kept at the bottom of her bed and pulled up under her chin before she went to sleep. Maybe superheroes just tied their blankies around their necks so they'd have a little bit of comfort wherever they went. Because honestly? Saving the world was scary. No harm admitting that.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the End of Time

“STOP BEING SO FAT AND GROSS YOU BIG FATTY! OR maybe try not to let other people's standards of beauty or femininity or your value as a human being dictate your self-worth. If ANY PART OF YOU has ever been jealous of anorexics or considered extra-medical hormone injections or parasites, or used body-hate to bond with girlfriends, you have bought in. It's near impossible not to, but maybe today TRY not to believe that your VALUE is inextricably linked to some asshat's assessment of your desirability. Fuck that dude. Fuck that CULTURE.”
― Kelly Sue DeConnick, Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine

“Even on this most terrible days, even when the worst of us are all we can think of, I am proud to be a human.”
― Hank Green, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing

“I had a very happy childhood; I just wasn’t a very happy child.”
― Hank Green, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing