Chosen Quote by Jostein Gaarder

“He wanted her now in a way that was barely human.”

— Karen Ranney

“She seemed determined to be human also; to like people, even though they were stupid.”

— Virginia Woolf

“She was so elaborately and ostentatiously a female body that she seemed scarcely to be a human being.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“She was becoming the person she'd be for her whole life. Each thing she chose contributed to that person. She didn't want to be…

— Ann Brashares

“She didn't want to be the human race. It sounded too big a responsibility.”

— Anne Corlett

“she understood why he’d been chosen.”

— Ryo Shirakome

“There was only one possible answer, as plain as it was disturbing. That she was not, in fact, human.”

— Laini Taylor

“...She expected people to accept her for who she was. But she never really accepted herself.”

— Sandra Kitt

“She said it seemed like the only choices offered were to want to be what other people were, or to be what other people…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“She was tired of everyone deciding her life for her. She was ready to figure out who she really was--not what anyone else told…

— Marissa Meyer

“I’m only human, she told herself. There’s not enough room in my heart for everyone.”

— Tom Perrotta

“I do not get to choose what she becomes just because I can't deal with who she is.”

— Veronica Roth