“There is no ‘chosen one,’ there is no destiny, nobody wakes up one day and finds out they’re amazing at something. There’s just slamming your head into the wall, refusing to take no for an answer. Being relentless, until either the wall or your head breaks. You want to be a hero? You don’t have to make some grand decision. There’s no inspirational music, there’s no montage. You just don’t quit.”
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits - Jason Pargin
“If you want to frisk me, I’ll let you, but you got to hurry because there’s a lot of me and we don’t got much time. And don’t be alarmed if I get aroused.”
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits - Jason Pargin
"Then Zoey finally realized he was looking for food because she hadn't fed him, because she was horrible at everything. She dug two cans of cat food out from her suitcase -- yes, she traveled with cans of cat food in her luggage, like the crazy cat lady she was destined to become--and looked around for a fork. Stench Machine ate a mixture of two different brands and she had to mash them together. She was pretty sure it was some kind of chemical reaction from the combination that made him smell so bad, but it was the only thing he would eat without following the meal with two hours of disapproving looks that would devastate Zoey in her current emotional state."
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits - Jason Pargin