Geek Girl Quotes

“My name," I tell Wilbur in the most dignified voice I can find, "Was inspired by Harriet Quimby, the first female American pilot and the first woman ever to cross the Channel in an aeroplane. My mother chose it to represent freedom and bravery and independence, and she gave it to me just before she died."

There's a short pause while Wilbur looks appropriately moved. Then Dad says, "Who told you that?"
"Annabel did."
"Well, it's not true at all. You were named after Harriet the tortoise, the second longest living tortoise in the world."

There's a silence while I stare at Dad and Annabel puts her head in her hands so abruptly that the pen starts to leak into her collar. "Richard," she moans quietly.
"A tortoise?" I repeat in dismay. "I'm named after a tortoise? What the hell is a tortoise supposed to represent?"
"Longevity?”
― Holly Smale, Geek Girl

“You need to stop caring what people who don't matter think of you. Be who you are and let everybody else be who they are. Differences are a good thing.”
― Holly Smale, Geek Girl

“Your daughter is adorable. I've never seen such an alien duck in my entire life.”
― Holly Smale, Geek Girl

“...Our stories are drive by who we are and what we do, and not by the events that happens to us.”
― Holly Smale, Geek Girl

“Being a fangirl is the best thing that's ever happened to me. ...We know what we're into, we love hard, and we're okay with it.”
― Sam Maggs, The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks

“Gary nips my finger and starts clawing his way up my shoulder, hissing like an angry kettle. It's just not natural for something so cute and fluffy to be so nasty.

I look at Nick in distress. "Why is he spitting at me?"
"Maybe he thinks he's a llama.”
― Holly Smale, Geek Girl

“A girl needs options. To me, video games are like shoes. But with more pixels and a plot.”
― Annie Bellet, Justice Calling

“Trevor : “Who says that you’re not good?” He sounds a little angry.
“Who says that, Jen? Kyle? Beth? Ella? Your mother? You? Who
gave any of you the right to decide who’s good and who’s not?”
― Cindy C. Bennett, Geek Girl

“Does a caterpillar sit on the same leaf when it's a butterfly? No! It goes for a little fly and sees something of the world. Does the tadpole stay in the same pond once it's a frog? No! It stretches its legs, goes for a jump, explores other waters. Did Cinderella go back cleaning hearths once she married the prince? ... Transformation means moving forward. If a butterfly stays on the same leaf and a frog stays in the same pond, then they may as well have stayed a caterpillar or a tadpole. There was no point in metamorphosing.”
― Holly Smale, Model Misfit

“We don't unfold ourselves like pieces of paper for everyone to see: that's not how humans work. There are always parts of us we shut away or hide. Bits of ourselves we can't touch because they're too precious and buried too deep. Fragments of truth we barely admit to ourselves. Because sometimes editing our own story is the only way to get through it.”
― Holly Smale, All That Glitters

“Some girls had their heads in the clouds. My head was somewhere on the other side of the galaxy.”
― Angela N. Blount, Once Upon an Ever After

“Apparently humans share fifty per cent of their DNA with bananas. My father is a constant reminder of that.”
― Holly Smale, Picture Perfect

“Superfast beings shouldn't piss off the comics geek-girl.”
― Gini Koch, Touched by an Alien

“He pinned me in place with a direct look, his dark brown eyes smoldering. “You’re Mary Jane,” he said finally. “And you have all these Flash Thompsons and Harry Osborns hovering around you, trying to make a move. Because...you’re basically amazing.”
― J.M. Richards, Tall, Dark Streak of Lightning

“Alan shrugged. “I love the CBC, really, but being voted its president—” “Co-president,” Sputnik corrected. “—is kind of like being declared King of Nerds.” “Co-king,” Sputnik asserted.”
― J.M. Richards, Tall, Dark Streak of Lightning

“Amazing? My heart fluttered. “But I don’t want Flash or Harry,” I murmured. “You want Spider-Man,” he finished for me, looking a little wistful. I shrugged. “And Peter Parker.” He looked at me, very seriously. “Then don’t settle,” he said.”
― J.M. Richards, Tall, Dark Streak of Lightning

“Because falling in love doesn't have to mean dropping your best friend in the process.”
― Holly Smale, All That Glitters

“As far as I could tell, the quickest way to a geeky guy's heart usually involved geometric shapes.”
― Angela N. Blount, Once Upon an Ever After

“When I dreamed about becoming a fantasy adventurer, I was always a max-level character with epic gear. Look at me. I’m wearing vendor trash.”
― Noelle Alladania Meade

“Also," Bunty adds cheerfully, "how many cats did you have when you left?"
"One," Annabel says, putting her hand over her face.
"You have three now." Bunty swings hrt bag over her shoulder. "See you at Christmas, lovelies!"
And my grandmother disappears as abruptly as she arrived.”
― Holly Smale, Picture Perfect

“Anna, you do have decent fashion sense. But I’ve seen your outfits, and you don’t have anything to wear on a date. Jeans, capris, geeky tee shirts, and more jeans.”
― J.M. Richards, Tall, Dark Streak of Lightning

“No weapon in my bag? No problem—my whole bag was a weapon. Grabbing it by the strap again, I swung it off my shoulder and through the air toward my assailant with as much force as I could muster.”
― J.M. Richards, Tall, Dark Streak of Lightning

“Nice slippers,” Davin grinned. They were green and furry. “Thanks.” I shrugged and looked him over, half expecting to see a new injury. “So what’s up?” He had one hand behind his back.”
― J.M. Richards, Tall, Dark Streak of Lightning

“He was a beautiful pagan god with the voice of a serial killer, but that didn’t make him any less god like. It just meant rather than dying in some dank basement or isolated cabin, I’d die bound on an altar as part of some gruesome sacrificial rite. Exsanguinating while he stood over my naked body with my blood dripping from an obsidian blade...Angelina Martin”
― Candace Vianna, The Science of Loving

“Everything will land sunny side up: all I need to do is stay positive.”
― Holly Smale, Sunny Side Up

“Because it's not the walking away from love that's the hard part: it's the falling in. It's losing yourself to it and not knowing who you are without it. It's needing somebody else more than you need yourself. It's being happier with them than you are on your own.”
― Holly Smale, Head Over Heels

“The Daisy he knew was young and innocent and had fully embraced her position on the high school geek squad. Her clothes had been quirky and weird, a mix of accessories, colors, patterns, and fandoms that she'd combined into a unique geek-chic style. She'd tied her long, dark hair in a ponytail so it didn't get in the way when she was helping the freshmen with their computer programs, mixing chemicals for science fair projects, or studying for the latest math competition.”
― Sara Desai, The Dating Plan