From the Bookshelf of Overdue Podcast…

I've lived more than half my life as a male, and by now everything comes naturally. When Calliope surfaces, she does so like a childhood speech impediment. Suddenly there she is again, doing a hair flip, or checking her nails. It's a little like being possessed. (page 41)

Emotions, in my experience, aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness," "joy," or "regret." Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that it oversimplifies feeling. (page 217)

… And all ways but one, I began to grow up. I sprouted with the velocity of the mung beans we studied Earth Science." (page 303)