“For even though the rest of the city--no, the rest of the country--starved and searched fruitlessly for work and slept in a humpy in the park, society's finest could still squander their money however they saw fit.The unemployed, they would say, were lazy. If they worked harder, they'd do as well as Mr. Harry Moneypants was doing, who'd earned his vast fortune by having the foresightedness of selecting rich parents, who had, in their time, also cleverly selected rich parents.”
Justine Larbalestier“Eating good food is my favourite thing in the whole world. Nothing is more blissful.”
Justine Larbalestier“I can critique the bad; I can take the good, and I can add whatever I want.”
Justine Larbalestier“For even though the rest of the city--no, the rest of the country--starved and searched fruitlessly for work and slept in a humpy in the park, society's finest could still squander their money however they saw fit.The unemployed, they would say, were lazy. If they worked harder, they'd do as well as Mr. Harry Moneypants was doing, who'd earned his vast fortune by having the foresightedness of selecting rich parents, who had, in their time, also cleverly selected rich parents.”
Justine Larbalestier, Razorhurst“Rosa!" Sally says. "The police are here to help you, not to hear a lecture on comparative murder rates.”
Justine Larbalestier, My Sister Rosa“I don't think they're terrible parents. They love us. I think they're negligent parents. That's not the same thing.”
Justine Larbalestier, My Sister Rosa“Killing things shouldn't make you happy, Rosa. That's why they're worried.”
Justine Larbalestier, My Sister Rosa