Max Max

“Maybe this is what our young doppelgangers failed to understand. They believed their good example would be enough. That being right was enough. They knew nothing about injured pride or the true inertia of human nature.”
― Shaun Tan, Tales from the Inner City

“But sir, I'm seventeen," I reply bluntly. "I'm genetically programmed to want to make statements.”
― Sarah Ayoub, The Yearbook Committee

“The world will make you vulnerable. If you're acting like you're not, that's what you're doing. Acting”
― Bill Konigsberg, The Music of What Happens

“I stand and hold out my hand. She gives me a skeptical look, but takes it and lets me pull her to her feet. I put my other hand in the air. 'Bronwyn Rojas, I solemnly swear not to murder you today or at any point in the future. Deal?'
'You're ridiculous,' she mutters, going even redder.
'It concerns me you're avoiding a promise not to murder me.”
― Karen M. McManus, One of Us Is Lying