Mockingbird #3 Quotes

“How did I get here? I'm not rich. Not a mutant. Not a genius. Not a natural. I just try harder. I always have.”
― Chelsea Cain, Mockingbird #3

“Middle school female friendships are intense. They shift, fall apart, reassemble. A sixth-grade girl will stab her friends in the back. She will spread rumors. She will slam doors. She will taunt and yell and accuse. But come between her and those same friends? She will rip your throat out.”
― Chelsea Cain, Mockingbird #3

“When I was a kid, I did everything I could to get super-powers. Why? I wanted to be a hero. I wanted to be Captain America. Sometimes I fall short.”
― Chelsea Cain, Mockingbird #3

“I don't know how to put them down." "I know. That's why we're waiting for the sun to come out." "Are you on Instagram?" "No.”
― Chelsea Cain, Mockingbird #3

“You're supposed to be cooperating." "I am cooperating." "Wear the hat." "I'm not wearing the hat.”
― Chelsea Cain, Mockingbird #3

“How can we have meaningful dialogue with adolescent girls when we live in a culture that still can't talk about tampons?”
― Chelsea Cain, Mockingbird #3

“No more sexism. No more racism. Female heroes are just as celebrated as their male counterparts are. We won the war, ladies! Ha! Just kidding. It still sucks.”
― Chelsea Cain, Mockingbird #3

“Because it turns out you don't need a Y-chromosome to be a super hero... you just need balls.”
― Chelsea Cain, Mockingbird #3