She promised to be good. She wasn't.
Justine Larbalestier, My Sister Rosa.
“Didnt 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.”
“Killing things shouldn't make you happy, Rosa. That's why they're worried.”
“I don't think they're terrible parents. They love us. I think they're negligent parents. That's not the same thing.”
“Rosa!" Sally says. "The police are here to help you, not to hear a lecture on comparative murder rates.”
“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.”
“Don't show a friend your gift, or your bag of money if you still want to maintain your relationship, but if nay, go on, and all you'll see is hate and jealousy, and you'll fight with him in the str...”
“Merry hearts are vulnerable to death, don't be over-joyed to the state of oblivion, lest the enemy poison your meal.”
“People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you live your life that matters.”
“If you want, you can be a child for the rest of your life and be a great LEARNER”
“The eternal child. - We think that play and fairy tales belong to childhood:how shortsighted that is! As though we would want at any time of life tolive without play and fairy tales! We give these ...”
“one of the best and the most painful things about time traveling has been the opportunity to see my mother alive.”