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“And who exactly are you supposed to be, the Queen of England?”
― Courtney Brandt, The Queen of England: Coronation

“My station has barely recovered from the massacre, and we have not held my formal coronation, not to mention the fact I am only eighteen years of age and have no parent present. How on earth do people expect me to find a husband in all of this nonsense?”
― Courtney Brandt, The Queen of England: Coronation

“At that idea, I grinned. Queen of England. Single mother. What would my opposition say about that?”
― Courtney Brandt, The Queen of England: Grand Tour

“Sophomore Lucy Karate took a deep breath and concentrated her moss green eyes on the black squiggles in front of her. The sheet music on the page was exactly the same it had been for the past ten months. The difference wasn’t the music; it was the day. This was the day before auditions – her last opportunity to practice before her fate for the next school year was ultimately decided.”
― Courtney Brandt, The Line

“Did Jonathan not realize that sometimes a girl didn’t want to be honorable? That sometimes young women had the same desires and needs as young men?”
― Courtney Brandt, The Queen of England: Coronation

“My reign has been anything but traditional. Let’s not start now, shall we?”
― Courtney Brandt, The Queen of England: Grand Tour

“Denny and McDaniel go into the percussion room and grab a bizarre metal contraption. Denny lifts it over his head and I give him a strange look, to which he responds like I’m a five year old, “Carr-i-er.”
― Courtney Brandt, Confessions of a Teenage Band Geek

“Myron, all six feet of super cuteness, comes forward. He smiles and I almost die, because he has one adorable dimple. Instead of getting embarrassed about his first name, he offers his hand and says, “Call me McDaniel.”
― Courtney Brandt, Confessions of a Teenage Band Geek

“Once more for Britain,” I said to the empty room. I might not be the Queen everyone wanted me to be, but I was intelligent and fully capable of breaking the code.”
― Courtney Brandt, The Queen of England: Coronation

“And now we both blushed, because things like changing one’s garments should not be discussed among a Queen and one of her subjects.”
― Courtney Brandt, The Queen of England: Coronation

“Denny gave me a strange look when I showed up in the band room, but I have always believed playing drums is no excuse not to look cute. Besides, if McDaniel shows up, I want to look my best. Oh, crap, I should be paying attention.
“Did you hear anything I said?”
I answer honestly, “No.”
Denny runs a hand through his spiked hair and asks, “Do you really want to learn how to march?”
“I have to learn to march if I want to be a part of the section, right?”
“Right.”
“Then, it doesn’t really matter if I want to do anything. It’s something I have to do.”
Denny looks confused and partially like he’s completely regretting the decision to add me to his section, but proceeds to teach me drill for the better part of two hours. While we run through the steps, I look longingly over at my quints, which I have secretly decided to name Quincy.”
― Courtney Brandt, Confessions of a Teenage Band Geek

“[Dean] “My dear fellow, who will let you?”

[Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead

“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.”
― Terry Pratchett

“I do not aim with my hand; he who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I aim with my eye.

I do not shoot with my hand; he who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I shoot with my mind.

I do not kill with my gun; he who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I kill with my heart.”
― Stephen King, The Gunslinger

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“The last time I stand in a circle outside the band room in the shade of this oak tree that has protected generations of band geeks.”
― John Green, Paper Towns