Megan McGuire

“How does Jonah Griggs get to be a ten? He sits on a train with me when we’re fourteen and he weeps, tearing at his hair, bashing his head with the palm of his hand, self-hatred pouring out of him like blood from a gut wound in a war movie, and for the first time in my whole life I have a purpose. I am the holder of the grief and pain and guilt and passion of Jonah Griggs and as we sit huddled on the floor of the carriage, he allows me to hold him. While his body still shakes from the convulsions, he takes hold of my hands and links my fingers with his and I feel someone else’s pain for the first time I can remember.”
― Melina Marchetta, On the Jellicoe Road

“Sam wasn’t allowed to attend classes because he was a Negro,”
― Louis Sachar, Holes

“The lessons continued: for two days she taught him nothing but ways to call for help in every language in the world...”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

“Mister Trot?” said Bod. “Tell me about revenge.” “Dish best served cold,” said Nehemiah Trot. “Do not take revenge in the heat of the moment. Instead, wait until the hour is propitious.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book