“So what happens? You learn to shut up. You say, whoa, what's this going on? You go oddly still and quiet. If you talk like this around here, people will think you're one of those. And you realize that these are the traders — as in t-r-a-d-e-r-s — in the temple.”

“Christ, don't you ever knock?
It's Lassiter. L-A-S-S-I-T-E-R. How is it possible you're still getting me confused with someone else? Do I need a nametag?”

“If you're texting Magnus to say 'I think u r kewl,' I'm going to kill you.”

“this is what I've noticed so far about people, people are like
🌺 🌸 F L O W E R S 🌸 🌺 they come in different shapes and sizes and colors and come from different places were like flowers… were ✨ B E A U T I F U L ✨ no matter what you are. So DON'T let anyone make fun of the color of your skin or nationality or weight or height or if your part of the
🏳️‍🌈 LGBTQ+ 🏳️‍🌈 community or the language you speak. 💕 L O V E 💕 💕 Y O U R S E L F 💕
💕 F O R 💕 💕 W H O 💕 💕 Y O U 💕 💕 A R E 💕”

“Brzeska and Brooke were among those she knew
And she lived long enough to meet Lawrences, too,
D. H. and T. E. – she who'd known R. L. S.,
Talked to Hardy of Kim, and to Kipling of Tess!”

“Have you ever had one of those moments when you look up and realize that you're one of those people you see on the train talking to themselves?”

“Lick the alphabet. It makes you appear creative, it's an easy diagram to remember, it's like "aaaaa…. beeeee…. ceeee." She's thinking you're from fuckin' Europe or somethin: "OH GOD, WHERE'D YOU LEARN THAT, OHHH," and you're going "A, B, C, D, E, F, G".”

“Once you say you're going to settle for second, that's what happens to you in life, I find.”

“If you're going to say what you want to say, you're going to hear what you don't want to hear.”

“…when you're struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every single person you see is struggling with something, and to them, it's just as hard as what you're going through.”