Mad Honey

by Jodi Picoult

He taught me that sudden movements get you stung.

“I’m not a hero,” I told my mother. “I’m just somebody who finally figured out how to stop being sad.”

England pixies were thought to be children who’d died before being baptized.

Lapsang souchong this time—the first black tea in history.

there is a vast canyon between who we want people to be, and who they truly are.

I can’t imagine what it’s like to have to educate everyone about your right to exist in the world.

“There’s a difference between sex and gender. A person’s sex is the body’s biology—what’s between your legs and in your DNA. A person’s gender refers to what’s between your ears. Your own psychological sense of self—who you know yourself to be—is called your gender identity.

someone who gets judged as a body instead of as a sentient soul;