9 Quotes by Sharon Biggs Waller

I've decided that I'm going to collect as many spiders in a jar as I can and then pour them all over you, William Flecter. Seeing as how it's good to face your fears.

For opportunity is nothing if you don't grab it by both hands.

This is why we all fight so hard. Not just for the vote, but for an equal opportunity in the world. A vote is a voice. I think you underestimate yourself, Queenie. This is your fight, same as it is mine.

If I’m going to be a student here, treated on equal terms, then I have to be willing to do everything that they do,” I said. “There can’t be two sets of expectations, one for them and one for me, the only girl in the class. How will I earn their esteem if I don’t pose?

There's no way to win. You're a monster if you get an abortion, a slut if you had sex, a moron if you decide to keep the baby.

This is why we all fight so hard. Not just for the vote, but for an equal opportunity in the world.

Not at all. You look as though magic has taken hold of you. It must be magic because I don't know how you can draw like that. I can barely manage a stick figure.

Then I knew: this wasn’t just a passion I felt for my model. My feelings about him had nothing to do with how his looks inspired me; he was far more than a muse. With every stroke of pencil and crayon, I had drawn Will into my heart.I was in love with him.

Thirty minutes feels like forever when you're standing in a hot alley with abortion pills under your tongue.