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1 " Killing things shouldn't make you happy, Rosa. That's why they're worried. "
― Justine Larbalestier , My Sister Rosa
2 " I don't think they're terrible parents. They love us. I think they're negligent parents. That's not the same thing. "
3 " She promised to be good. She wasn't. "
4 " Why did you push her ?' Rosa screams again. I realise she's pointing at me. "
5 " Rosa!" Sally says. "The police are here to help you, not to hear a lecture on comparative murder rates. "
6 " Didn’t anyone ask you where your parents are?""They asked. Especially about my parents.""What did you tell them?""I said I ate them.""Jesus, Rosa. "
7 " I'm not sure I understand what love is. It's like 'good'. No one's explained it clearly. I love ice-cream. I love chess and mathematics. I love getting what I want. I love getting away with things. But not people. They're either useful or they're not. "
8 " You want to pass for a normal person? Don’t tiptoe into people’s bedrooms at night! Ever!’‘I can be creepy in front of you.’‘No, you can’t! You need to go now.’‘I’ll go watch the parentals. "
9 " They’re calling being black a look? How progressive of them. "
10 " The windows next to her is open a crack, spitting in rain'Close the windows Rosa'She slides a small book out of her backpack, turning it so i can see the frontAn Australian passport. She opens it to the photo page: the horrible drunk from the plane.I lunge as Rosa pushes it out the window'I win,' Rosa says. "
11 " Rosa is pushing all the buttons. "
12 " Let’s not pretend there’s no difference in how much the men get paid for doing the exact same thing as the women. Not going to change a thing pretending like I’m an ac-tor. Which is why I’m going to make my own movies and television. Acting is for those who want to be exploited by misogynist assholes. "