Mario Degner

“This is so cool," I said loudly as Dad walked away. "Have you met the tattoo artist? Is he hot?"
"He's a she," Mom said.
"Is she hot? Cause I'm still young, you know. My sexual identity isnt fully formed."
"Your father can't hear you anymore, Maya." Mom sighed.”
― Kelley Armstrong, The Gathering

“How do you just stop being terrified of getting left behind and ending up by yourself forever and not meaning anything to the world?”
― John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

“The absence of knowledge and understanding doesn’t alter the truth, nor can ignorance and deceit replace it.”
― Aaron-Michael Hall, Tamesa: A Divided World: Epic Fantasy

“She was a woman with something to protect. That made her more dangerous than they could ever have suspected.”
― Seanan McGuire, Every Heart a Doorway