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“I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.”
― Sarah Williams

“Often, a school is your best bet-perhaps not for education but certainly for protection from an undead attack.”
― Max Brooks, Zombie Survival Guide, The: Complete Protection From The Living Dead

“How can something feel so crucial in the moment and then seem completely trivial after the fact?”
― Paula Stokes, Girl Against the Universe

“If you’ve never been close to death, life probably seems pretty solid. The truth is, it can be destroyed in an instant, like a photograph. One moment your world is slick and shiny. But then the Universe crumples everything into a ball. And even if you don’t get crushed, if you fight to straighten things out, your life will never be the same again.”
― Paula Stokes, Girl Against the Universe

“The world is full of holes and uneven seams, wrinkled places that you can’t make smooth, no matter how hard you try.”
― Paula Stokes, Girl Against the Universe

“We can’t define people by their worst actions.”
― Paula Stokes, This is How it Happened

“Maybe you think you’re just one person. What you do doesn’t really matter. You can read a few tweets or blog posts and then publicly render your judgment of a total stranger. Who cares? You’re just one tiny voice in a huge ocean. But the thing about tiny voices is that when they band together they can be incredibly loud. Uncomfortably loud. Sometimes that’s a good thing—a strong thing. A group of voices can wake people up to the truth. But a group of voices can be a bad thing too, because we’re not always right. Or even when we are right, sometimes the things we do to each other still aren’t okay.”
― Paula Stokes, This is How it Happened

“I am not warm. That is why my sister chose the name Winter for me.”
― Paula Stokes, Vicarious

“We are not killers,” Gideon says firmly.

“In my experience everyone is a killer.” Baz’s eyes go cold. He leans back against the wall. “Or a victim. Some people just need a little coaxing to choose a side.”
― Paula Stokes, Vicarious

“Monsters don’t get happy endings.”
― Paula Stokes, Ferocious