Noticing Sentences

Beautiful  They travel on perfectly straight paths from their broadcast source, and because the Earth is round, it does not take them long to part ways with the ground and head out to the stars. Wouldn't we all, if we had the chance? p1 Is this science? Religion? It is difficult even for scientists and saints to tell the difference between the two. Perhaps it doesn't matter. When you cultivate invisible seeds, you can't expect everyone to agree on the shape of your invisible crops. p2 "Even a small voice is still a voice." p9 Sometimes, when a question is about a secret, people will ask a different but related question, hoping to get an answer that will work for both questions. p13 It was just that Marisita was not sure that saints and witches were very different in the end. p61 This kindness, however, only made the situation worse for Pete. It emphasized that the person who was being cruelest to Pete was actually Pete. p111 But I, Diablo Diablo, thi...

It is good that this books makes sure, a few times, to mention that people got sick from the aftermath and trying to help. p4 and later (I guess I didn't mark the other places.) Whoa! The final plan for each tower called for twenty-three express elevators, seventy-two locals, and nine freight elevators. p32 One of the judges [for the memorial design competition] was a famous architect named Maya Lin. She said Arad "made something positive out of the void." p93

#LouderForThePeopleInTheBack But when we make assumptions about any historical figure, we rewrite the past without even knowing it.p1 The version of history we learn in school puts a straight cisgender mask on almost everyone. p1 Recognizing the world's rich history of queerness helps reduce homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia, and helps welcome queer identities to the mainstream with love and acceptance. p2 Why homosexuals were one of the colonists' most popular scapegoats remains unclear. It wasn't just a bad interpretation of the Bible, since colonial states didn't outlaw greediness and other things Christianity forbids. p8 It matters that we say and demonstrate how queerness itself is as old as time, because people still find it counterintuitive to their conceptions of history. p213 Thinking about the amount of progress yet to be accomplished can be overwhelming, but when we put it in the context of all of time , we see that we've been going in the...

********I have tried to stay away from any spoilers for THIS book (except where marked), but if you have not read Caraval , you may be spoiled.******* Freedom/ Deception "What's the point of all this glorious freedom if we don't enjoy it? Our father wins if we keep living as if we're still trapped beneath his heavy fists." p19 Legendary by Stephanie Garber Saying something was for someone else's own good was almost always another way of justifying something wrong. p41 Legendary by Stephanie Garber It didn't last nearly long enough. But it upended her. It made her wonder if jewels hidden away safely in boxes sometimes longed to be stolen by thieves-- because now he was definitely stealing her heart, and she wanted him to take even more. p362-363  Legendary by Stephanie Garber LOL/ Sass "You know how I feel about boys who are prettier than me." p59 Legendary by Stephanie Garber "You know," Tella mused, "if I didn...