Laura

“My pants got charged with arson. (119)”
― Ramona Bennett Bill, Fighting for the Puyallup Tribe: A Memoir

“One day it will be considered unacceptable, in the polite liberal circles of the West, not to acknowledge all the innocent people killed in that long-ago unpleasantness. The truth and reconciliation committees are coming. The land acknowledgements are coming. The very sorry descendants are coming...One day the social currency of liberalism will accept as legal tender the suffering of those they previously smothered in silence, turned away from in disgust as one does carrion on the roadside. Far enough gone, the systemic murder of a people will become safe enough to fit on a lawn sign. There's always room on a liberal's lawn.”
― Omar El Akkad, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

“For the last time, Actinia, you can't set humans on fire! It never helps! (101)”
― Django Wexler, The Palace of Glass

“Lulu had asked "How can you tell when they're right or wrong?"
He'd Chuckled. "That's easy. Usually if the party they're blaming is weaker than them, then they're making it all up. If the party they're blaming is stronger...well, that's when you really gotta pay attention to why they're complaining.”
― Matt Dinniman, Operation Bounce House