Michelle Quach

Because everyone loves a girlboss until she tries to tell you what to do.

“The only thing worse than being insulted is being

insulted for something you haven’t owned.”

“He wanted his words to be spoken—to be lived.”

“This one is yours.” I rotate it around to face him. “The basic one.”

“I believe the term Ian used was ‘classic.’”

“According to my mom, it’s misleading to have a blindfolded
Justice when the legal system—and society, really—still discriminates based on gender, race, and class. Which means, of course, the group that usually gets screwed over most is Black women.”

In our world, she needs to see things the way they are.”

“Gam leng néuih ā! She could be in the Miss Hong Kong pageant!”

“He’s not even qualified,” I croak. “At all.”

“I think the Bugle might be as full of misogynistic bullshit as the rest of the world.”