The Girl Who Would Be King Quotes

“Destiny doesn't always come when it's convenient or when you think it should. It comes when you're ready, whether you know it or not.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“Superpowers or not, a person should be allowed to be simply happy, without feeling like they need to strip off their skin.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“I should feel energized and powerful, invulnerable and potent, but all I feel is lost.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“I sit back and try to think. I've been discovering, much to my dismay, that I'm not a criminal mastermind or anything. I'm just brute force and my powers in no way include super-intelligence, which kind of pisses me off.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“I like being underestimated.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“Not knowing who you are is a certain kind of hell.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“Letting go seems like the most powerful thing I could do.

And so I do.

I just let it all go.

And it feels glorious.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“It's hard to know what happy is if you're not sure if you've felt it before.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“I'm afraid of everything I don't know.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“And where do I go? Where on Earth does a person go when she realizes there's no place for her? You can't possibly try to fit in, because if you do, if you manage to carve out some beautiful niche of happiness for yourself, then one day it will be taken from you as surely and truly as the sun rises each morning.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“I don't know why I didn't have this sixth sense or whatever it is all along, but part of me thinks maybe it means I'm growing up, evolving into a real superhero. Like maybe the world knew I couldn't handle it before, but now, now I'm finally becoming me an the world know sit -- or maybe I'm just learning to listen to myself.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“I'm going to kill you. And you know what? You totally deserve it.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“And my chest swells with an emotion I'm not familiar with . . . happiness? Pride? I'm not sure what it is, but I suddenly feel compelled to do things that will make me feel this way all the time, which gives me pause, since that seems dangerous too.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“Once in my room I don't have a goddamn clue what to do.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King

“I wish my powers were good for things like picking out asparagus. Is there a way to divine where the asparagus came from? Why are some of them thick and some thin, and over there, there’s white ones. How will they taste? Do they all taste different? Which are the freshest? Oh my god, this is the hardest thing I’ve ever done.”
― Kelly Thompson, The Girl Who Would Be King