Mare, after seeing Elane and Evangeline in their bedroom: twO GIRLS CHILLING ON A FUTON; ZERO FEET APART ´CAUSE THEY’RE NOT GAY

Red Queen: A Summary

Maven: You’re really campaigning for the Asshole of the Year award, aren’t you?

Mare: As defending champion, does that make you nervous?

Mare, after trusting Maven with her heart once again: You have disappointed me for the last time!

Maven: No! Don’t worry! I’ll be sure to do it again.

Mare: So are you the big spoon or a little spoon?

Evangeline: I’m a knife. Deadly, unpredictable, a danger to both you and your red rat friends-

Elane, from across the room: SHES A LITTLE

Evangeline:BABE

Can we please talk about how Farley’s soldiers are so loyal to her that CAMERON’S WHOLE PLAN TO SAVE HER BROTHER RELIED ON THEM GOING TO HELP HER WHEN THEY SAW HER HAVE PREGNANCY CRAMPS?!??

AND IT ACTUALLY WORKED?!??

Like!!! Damn girl!!!! I gotta get me some people as devoted as that!!!

You: Cameron Cole

Me, an intellectual: I think you mean

red-queen-em-for-a-dream:

Thank you, YA authors

(Not really related to books, but) I want to seriously thank the vocal YA authors in my life like Marie Lu, Victoria Aveyard, Leigh Bardugo, Sabaa Tahir, Tahereh Mafi, and I’m certain their are others. Because of these authors, not only in the badass characters and stories they write about standing up for what’s right, but in real life on their own platforms, they constantly stand up for minorities and justice.

It’s because of authors like these that I’ve become much more politically active and will stand up tall, not on the sidelines for my friends and fellow people.

There is a lot of hate and injustice in the world, and these authors are not afraid to use their platforms to stand up for the right things and encourage their fans to.

If any of them somehow read this, I want you to know: it’s working. We’re marching with you. We’re listening to you. Thank you for helping us find our voices.

This is so true, especially in the toxic political climate the whole world seems to have been pulled down to.

We read these books, and we learn so much more than just “waiting for a man.”

We learn how to treat others; how to stand for what we believe, and how to have courage, even in the face of uncertainty and fear.

So, I salute you, YA authors, for doing what you do, and being so much more than just writers.