Quotes from Justine Larbalestier

Would you like to press charges?" the officer asked. She was not serious. Nobody pressed charges against stars of A-stream teams, especially ones like Danders Anders who were in their final year and on the brink of superlative careers. "I'd love to press charges," Rochelle answered. "That would be joyous." The officer grinned. "Wouldn't it?

Danders Anders squealed with joy. The most malodorous sound in the world.

I can critique the bad; I can take the good, and I can add whatever I want.

I'm not sure I understand what love is. It's like 'good'. No one's explained it clearly. I love ice-cream. I love chess and mathematics. I love getting what I want. I love getting away with things. But not people. They're either useful or they're not.

Manipular las mentiras es una cosa; dejar que ellas te manipulen a ti, otra muy distinta.

You want to pass for a normal person? Don't tiptoe into people's bedrooms at night! Ever!' 'I can be creepy in front of you.' 'No, you can't! You need to go now.' 'I'll go watch the parentals.

I believe it's incredibly important to write against [racial] stereotypes. If we give in and make sure that all black women characters are asexual, gentle, and kind we wind up with another set of stereotypes.

Rosa!" Sally says. "The police are here to help you, not to hear a lecture on comparative murder rates.

Ser una mentirosa no es fácil. Para empezar, has de tener muy presente el hilo de todas tus mentiras. Recordar exactamente qué has dicho y a quién se los ha dicho. Porque esa primera mentira siempre te conduce a la siguiente. Nunca hay una sola mentira.

For even though the rest of the city--no, the rest of the country--starved and searched fruitlessly for work and slept in a humpy in the park, society's finest could still squander their money however they saw fit. The unemployed, they would say, were lazy. If they worked harder, they'd do as well as Mr. Harry Moneypants was doing, who'd earned his vast fortune by having the foresightedness of selecting rich parents, who had, in their time, also cleverly selected rich parents.

Why did you push her ?' Rosa screams again. I realise she's pointing at me.

I love that everyone's into sports, that no one even talks about loving it 'cause it's too obvious. It's the air we breathe.

I can critique the bad; I can take the good, and I can add whatever I want.

Speaking out and creating art that truly reflects the world we live in goes part of the way towards doing that. At least that's what I hope.

One of my fave TV shows is Into the Badlands because martial arts staged well and magically and saturated colours and eye candy and coherent plot and world building. It has a strong diverse cast.

I am not Nostradamus.Nor would I want to be. I'm convinced being able to tell the future is the worst superpower. I'd rather be invisible and being invisible never ends well. Just read H. G. Wells!