“Do not define me by my gender or my socio-economic status, Noah Willis. Do not tell me who I am and do not tell me who society thinks I am and then put me in that box and expect me to stay there. Because, I swear to God, I will climb the hell out of that box and I will take that box you've just put me in and I will use that box to smash your face in until you're nothing more than a freckly, bloodied pulp. You got that, sweet cheeks?” FeminismYellowGender StereotypesBoxAustralian LiteratureAussie AuthorMegan Jacobson Book:Yellow Source: Yellow
“Because you don't get to choose your parents, , and at some point you realise that maybe your parents just aren't able to parent very well, but we exist, and the only choice we've got in the whole situation is whether we're gonna love them anyway. It's as simple and messy and complicated as that” LoveParentsYellowTeenageParents And Children Book:Yellow Source: Yellow
“Because you don't get to choose your parents, K, and at some point you realise that maybe your parents just aren't able to parent very well, but we exist, and the only choice we've got in the whole situation is whether we're gonna love them anyway. It's as simple and messy and complicated as that” LoveExistenceParentsYellowTeenageMessy Author:Megan Jacobson
“I'm still shy," I admit, pulling the sleeves over my hands, "and I might always be, I don't know, but I think you can be shy and still feel okay about yourself at the same time.” Self LoveShyYellowIntrovertAustralian LiteratureAussie AuthorMegan Jacobson Book:Yellow Source: Yellow