Lauren Myracle

"I live in my own little world. But its ok, they know me here."

"Kids are smart. Knowledge is power. Let them figure things out. Don't turn into that grown-up who they won't come to."

"Being an author of banned books is cool, I've decided."

"You're allowed to have thoughts, she reminded herself. Just because others might scoff, that doesn't mean you won't anymore."

"They're not chicks. They're ducks."

"So, as a seventh grader,no, you weren't friends with people you didnt like. But sometimesyou also werent friends with people you did like, which was complicated, and which didnt make any sence if you tried to explain it. Sometimes things just changed. Thats where the sadness came in."

"I live in my own little world. But its ok, they know me here."