Not Now, Not Ever Quotes

“Don’t be ableist. I already told you, Ever, I’m awkward.” She took another bite of her sandwich. “And awkward people can get away with anything. No one’s going to think, Oh, she shook up that soda. They’re going to say, Oh, that poor weird girl had an accident. And now they’ll discount everything else I do all summer. Which will be useful to us when we enter the Melee. People want you to be one thing. If I’m weird, then people will forget that I’m also a genius who’s here to win.”
― Lily Anderson, Not Now, Not Ever

“No way,” I blurted, the nerd quadrant of my brain clicking faster than the “don’t geek out at strangers” portion.”
― Lily Anderson, Not Now, Not Ever