Justine Larbalestier Quotes

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
Rosa!" Sally says. "The police are here to help you, not to hear a lecture on comparative murder rates.
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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
I can critique the bad; I can take the good, and I can add whatever I want.
Justine Larbalestier
If you are causing trouble, look for allies, always.
Justine Larbalestier
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.
Justine Larbalestier