Laura Ruby

“You use what moves you.”

— Laura Ruby

“Everybody loves a villain.”

— Laura Ruby

“Is your work finished or is it just due?”

— Laura Ruby

“And Jaime would say, "I am getting ready for my next beginning.”

— Laura Ruby

“The principal: You're a smart girl, so I'm going to be blunt. I think you'd be a lot happier if you stopped…

— Laura Ruby

“What have you got against people?" Finn hated crowds. Thousands of people bumping and churning. "Too many opinions.”

— Laura Ruby

“She got icing all over her face. I think that's why I like her. For the good stuff, she's willing to get…

— Laura Ruby

“Our moon is the same moon, our sun is the same sun, and the stars will sparkle for us no matter who…

— Laura Ruby

“God will break California from the surface of the continent like someone breaking off a piece of chocolate. It will become its…

— Laura Ruby

“If other people thought art was important, then it would be required to graduate. But no, I don’t have to take art.…

— Laura Ruby

“I like to rub Twinkies under my arms.”

— Laura Ruby

“You're a big help, Mr. I Read So Many Books.”

— Laura Ruby

“Love the people who love you back.”

— Laura Ruby

“She's still small and I still want to put her in my pocket. -Seven Chillman, classmate”

— Laura Ruby

“What a dumb accident a family was. Some people got lucky, some not so lucky, and some people got the booby prize.”

— Laura Ruby

“We can all look up and say,. okay, there's the South Star,. there's the Big Dogpile, there's the Little Dipshit. Twinkle, twinkle.”

— Laura Ruby

“The truth is," I say, "he's having my baby. It's a medical miracle. Someone call the newspapers.”

— Laura Ruby

“He grew out his hair," June says. "He looks amazing." "He looks like a giant caramel with some carpet lint stuck to…

— Laura Ruby

“He clears his throat. 'Do you want to go to a movie or something?' The wings stop flapping. 'I can't. I'm sort…

— Laura Ruby

“Everyone loves a villain. Or maybe not a villain, exactly, but someone you can point out and say, "I might be weird,…

— Laura Ruby

“I say, 'Well, if you can't please everyone with your deeds and your art, please a few. To please many is bad.'…

— Laura Ruby

“A word about Hope House: there are places in the world where so many desperate people have lived and so many bad…

— Laura Ruby