Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone Quotes

“Being brave means going up to people and saying, "Here's what I believe. I trust you," he said. Trust is the scariest thing to give but it is the most powerful.”
― Tae Keller, Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

“The human body is ten percent hydrogen. Which means ten percent of us is as old as the universe itself.”
― Tae Keller, Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

“I felt a cloud of secondhand embarrassment, followed by worry and the need to protect her. But then came a sharper feeling, too, like a shard of glass in a box of cotton balls. Annoyance, almost. Because she should have felt embarrassed and worried. She should have been protecting herself.”
― Tae Keller, Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

“Lately every conversation with Mom turned into a fight or a lecture, like she didn’t trust me to be a decent person on my own.”
― Tae Keller, Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

“We’re all part of this vast universe, full of infinite, messy life.”
― Tae Keller, Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

“Why are people scared to believe? Maybe it's because if they believed in a better world then they would have to work to make that world happen.”
― Tae Keller, Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

“I had to make her understand that this mattered--what people thought had everything to do with who she was. Because how do we know who we are without knowing our place in the world?”
― Tae Keller, Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

“How many followers does it take to make a leader? And more than followers—how many people who just turn away and say nothing?”
― Tae Keller, Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

“Trust is the scariest thing to give, but it's the most powerful.”
― Tae Keller, Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

“Sometimes the idea of someone, the things people say about them, matters so much more. Because when you think about it, isn't that who we really are - a collection of the things people think about us?”
― Tae Keller, Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

“Mallory: Maybe it's more complicated than knowing the right thing. Maybe people are just trying to balance helping other people and keeping themselves safe.

Kath: Maybe. But sometimes I think complicated is the word people use when they don't want to think too hard.”
― Tae Keller, Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

“I’m on top of the Ferris wheel again, swaying, looking down at the distant, tiny Earth below. My eyes burn. I take a deep breath to bring me back to now.”
― Tae Keller, Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone