12 Quotes by Jessica Martinez

He probably hadn't written it. I knew that. I certainly hadn't written mine. But after yesterday, his pompous sneer was permanently imprinted on my brain, and I could just picture him sitting at a computer and stringing together sentences like, "His golden tone and tender touch have moved audiences across the continent to tears." I was half-surprised it didn't claim his vibrato could cure cancer.

Yeah? What're you planning?""She nixed the keg and the strippers, so I don't know. Maybe we'll have a bonfire and torch some furniture.

Last year, senior year, and we don't want to let anything go. We've got the district title, and we're trying to defend it. At halftime we just talked and came out strong.

Missing them is a big deal, but I think the rest of the team, the rest of the players knew what was on the line, and everyone just stepped it up and played harder throughout the second half.

It's exciting. We wanted to come out here and win, and we knew it needed to be done. I'm just really excited. This is my last year and I wanted to win (the title) outright.

The Hispanic community has been awakened, and they cannot take us for granted. These immigrants are hard working people, and they deserve to stay in this country.

I like the scars because I like the stories. Bravery, stupidity, pain – none of them come free.

I could feel myself shrinking. I couldn’t move, not even to blink or breathe. Soon I’d be nothing at all.

I wait. I don’t know how long it will take his reproductive organs to decide life is worth living again, but I’m stuck here until they do.