Book: A Warp in Time
Quotes of Book: A Warp in Time
Sometimes kids at school called her mean. She wasn't mean. She just saw reality clearly, and she shared it without dusting it in sugar and rainbows first. One day, when Anna was in first grade, she'd come home crying after her best friend had suddenly refused to sit with her at lunch. Her mother had tried to comfort her. "When someone asks you if you like their dress, say yes," she said. Anna had sniffed, tears rolling down her face, and said, "But I didn't like it! Why should I lie?" And her mother had sighed. "Because it's what we do, to be nice." Anna had decided, at that moment, that honest was more important than nice when it came to purple polka dots. She'd been fighting the world ever since. book-quote
