Previous Quote

Justine Larbalestier Quotes

Next Quote
Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave Rosa!

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

Justine Larbalestier
Copy LinkCopy Link
Copy QuoteCopy Quote
Copy ImageCopy Image
Download Image of QuoteDownload Image

About The Quote

Related Authors

Related Topics

More Quotes From Justine Larbalestier

Wolves are social. They need their pack.
Justine Larbalestier
See you in the fall.
Justine Larbalestier
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.
Justine Larbalestier
She promised to be good. She wasn't.
Justine Larbalestier
I don't think they're terrible parents. They love us. I think they're negligent parents. That's not the same thing.
Justine Larbalestier
Killing things shouldn't make you happy, Rosa. That's why they're worried.
Justine Larbalestier
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.
Justine Larbalestier
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.
Justine Larbalestier
Report Quote Report Quote Report Quote Submit Quote Submit Quote Submit Quote