Quotes from Justine Larbalestier

Pedacinho por pedacinho, desliguei-a. Vi luzes se apagando uma após a outra. Observei o espaço Cansino retroceder. Primeiro sumiram as galáxias, logo em seguida as estrelas, e então: trevas, somente o fundo das minhas pálpebras.

Rosa is pushing all the buttons.

Leilani smiles. I'm surprised she knows how. For a second i'm certain she's isn't like Rosa

Let's not pretend there's no difference in how much the men get paid for doing the exact same thing as the women. Not going to change a thing pretending like I'm an ac-tor. Which is why I'm going to make my own movies and television. Acting is for those who want to be exploited by misogynist assholes.

Wolves are social. They need their pack.

He left school without even sending you a text message saying 'I hope you enjoy the beautiful scenery on your trip through Dumpslandia.

The job of every generation is to discover the flaws of the one that came before it. That's part of growing up, figuring out all the ways your parents and their friends are broken.

A difference in self loathing? Please. The only difference between a gun and a rope is the time it takes to tie the knot.

Really, according to the shrinks, I am angry at everyone ever. Especially them. I am all anger and resentment all the time. Not one of them has ever suggested that maybe I lie because the world is better the way I tell it.

Zombies are the proletariat. Long live the workers!

Expect the best, but prepare for the worst.' I'm good at the first part, crap at the second.

Who's the bigger liar? Me or them? Isn't lying about love the worst lie? Isn't that worse than anything I've ever done?

If you are causing trouble, look for allies, always.

I don't think that now: half of everything is something, not nothing. Lots of somethings

Didn't anyone ask you where your parents are?" "They asked. Especially about my parents." "What did you tell them?" "I said I ate them." "Jesus, Rosa.

I tell her I don't have a broken heart. It's still beating, the blood still moves around my body; it only aches when I remember to breathe.

He didn't mean to corner me, but when you're as tall and wide as he is and I'm as little as I am, merely standing beside me constitutes menacement.

Her eyelids fluttered. "Francis," she murmured. "Cathy," he murmured back. "Heathcliff," muttered Kit, as he set about making sandwiches.

That was what magic was: greed. Magic wielders didn't wield magic; it wielded them

The job of every generation is to discover the flaws of the one that came before it. That's part of growing up, figuring out all the ways your parents and their friends are broken. So pity the first people to reach puberty after a zombie apocalypse, who would have some truly heavy lifting in this department...You become whatever they fear the most. Now THAT'S evolution

We are all made of broken glass. The school grinds along on grief and anger.

All the male faces in the room turned to me as if they were flowers and I the sun.

My father is a liar and so am I. But I'm going to stop. I have to stop. I will tell you my story and I will tell it straight. No lies, no omissions. That's my promise. This time I truly mean it.

Killing things shouldn't make you happy, Rosa. That's why they're worried.