“You right, okay? The world is a crappy place to be a lot of the time. But this, whatever this is-- you can't just get a gigantic black gooey creature to make it all better. Trust me on this.” — Mariko Tamaki Copy Share Image
“This is the thing about school dances. They make like it's supposed to be this other-worldly thing, but really it's just the people you… — Mariko Tamaki Copy Share Image
“I'm not a big fan of memorials." "Oh yeah?" "A memorial implies that the only victims are the ones in the ground. I think… — Mariko Tamaki Copy Share Image
“Change. Now everything's not okay. You're not okay. I'm not okay. No one is okay.” — Mariko Tamaki Copy Share Image
“You right, okay? The world is a crappy place to be a lot of the time. But this, whatever this is-- you can't just… — Mariko Tamaki Copy Share Image
“Change. It's hard to nail down exactly when you know that things are screwed up for the permanent.” — Mariko Tamaki Copy Share Image
“Did you ever wish you had a book that would explain the full meaning of life's random happenings to you?” — Mariko Tamaki Copy Share Image
When something tragic has happened, you can try to move on and put something tragic behind you, but it rarely works. It's in you… — Mariko Tamaki Copy Share Image
“For the longest time I was only afraid of two things... The possibility that something bad would happen to someone I love. Which, when… — Mariko Tamaki Copy Share Image
There's a certain amount of pressure that goes with writing superhero characters, especially characters that are beloved to audiences. You know that you're always… — Mariko Tamaki Copy Share Image
“Maisie was right. I am a monster. A different kind of monster now. A monster still breathing in a world... horrible... and worth fighting… — Mariko Tamaki Copy Share Image
