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“I was a mess of multicolored bruises and bore so many cuts it looked like I’d been tattooed in cuneiform.”
― Sarwat Chadda, City of the Plague God

“Once you’ve been a guest in my house, you can always find me again.”
― Sarwat Chadda, City of the Plague God

“Those you kill with words live longest,” said Belet.”
― Sarwat Chadda, City of the Plague God

“It’s just hard to constantly feel like your identity is up for debate or that it’s okay for strangers to make random guesses about it.”
― Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

“It’s okay for you to not feel okay. You know that, right?”
― Jasmine Warga, The Shape of Thunder

“Sometimes you just have to join the party, no matter how strange it is.”
― Kwame Mbalia, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

“Why are all those dogs tied to people like that? Don’t they have any lives of their own?”
― Joseph Bruchac, Rez Dogs

“Waiting is something you get used to when you’re Native American.”
― Joseph Bruchac

“The iron monsters only pushed a wedge into a fractured landscape that already existed.”
― Kwame Mbalia, Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky

“If eye-rolling were an Olympic sport, she’d be a gold medalist.”
― Lisa Fipps, Starfish

“It’s unknown how many students’ lives librarians have saved by welcoming loners at lunch.”
― Lisa Fipps, Starfish

“When grown-ups fully understand technology, kids will be in big trouble. Until then, we rule the planet.”
― Lisa Fipps, Starfish

“Sharks usually attack when a whale is alone or distressed.”
― Lisa Fipps, Starfish

“An oyster can turn
something irritating into
a rare and beautiful pearl.
People can do that, too"
-Ellie”
― Lisa Fipps, Starfish

“She worries about what people say and how they see us. It makes her angry, but she wrings dough instead of her hands.”
― Rena Rossner, The Sisters of the Winter Wood

“If you want to know the history of a town, read the gravestones in its cemetery.”
― Rena Rossner, The Sisters of the Winter Wood

“Liba—you are stronger than you believe. You too can become what you need to be in a time of need.”
― Rena Rossner, The Sisters of the Winter Wood

“I’ve never been beautiful. I will never be beautiful. But I never wanted to be a bear.”
― Rena Rossner, The Sisters of the Winter Wood

“But suddenly I know that there is only one answer. I know it in my bones the same way I crave meat and dream of cold dark rivers. I will show them what I am.”
― Rena Rossner, The Sisters of the Winter Wood

“There is something
twisted
in his eyes.
It is love
and anger
and pain.
He bends down to kiss me.
I love you enough, he says,
to let you go.”
― Rena Rossner, The Sisters of the Winter Wood

“The one thing we Jews know how to do best is survive.”
― Rena Rossner, The Sisters of the Winter Wood

“Necessity breaks iron—Noit brecht eizen”
― Rena Rossner, The Sisters of the Winter Wood

“A Mark is where a Beast dwells when it isn’t out in the world.”
― Amanda Foody, The Accidental Apprentice

“Unpleasant people always had a way of finding one another.”
― Amanda Foody, The Accidental Apprentice

“What other people say about me is none of my business, her sister always said. And it’s none of your business either.”
― Ally Malinenko, Ghost Girl

“Grown-ups were the worst. They’ll throw anyone under the bus, especially women.”
― Ally Malinenko, Ghost Girl

“You get to define what is beautiful.”
― Nabela Noor, Beautifully Me

“At some point, you need to face the truth even if it’s not what you want.”
― Ally Malinenko, Ghost Girl

“The greatest magic in the world is an open mind.”
― Sofiya Pasternack, Anya and the Dragon: A Sydney Taylor Honor Winner About a Jewish Girl, Dragons, and Impossible Choices for children

“Mini hadn’t yet mastered the art of boy.”
― Roshani Chokshi, Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes