You don’t need to be afraid of falling // when there’s someone around to catch you. Ann Aguirre More Quotes by Ann Aguirre More Quotes From Ann Aguirre Before he bent his head, I knew what he was going to do. Touch his lips to mine. Oh, and I wanted him to... I stilled, hardly daring to breathe. The old refrain of cant and shouldn't sank beneath the weight of new worlds like please and yes. Ann Aguirre lipsweightworld But the world moves on, even when you don't want it to, even when change feels like the end of everything. It never stops. Ann Aguirre wantworldmoving He was the heat of a fire and the sweetness of the moon I'd only just met. Ann Aguirre heatmoonfire In the enclave, the strong and the physically perfect survived, but if you were strong, you protected the weak until they had an opportunity to grow into their own power. Ann Aguirre strongperfectopportunity Caring too much could be dangerous; I saw that now. But the alternative was no better. Ann Aguirre alternativestoo-muchcaring Don't worry he tells me tenderly. It doesn't matter who you've been, who you are, or who you become. I'm with you every step of the way. Ann Aguirre matterworryway This is not a love story. It is my life, and as such, there is love, loss, war, death, and sacrifice. It's about things that needed to be done and choices made. I regret nothing. Ann Aguirre regretlosswar I couldn't help what I'd done before I learned it was wrong. I could only do better in the future. Ann Aguirre donehelping My heart raced. He needs you, I thought. Don't let him down. I couldn't remember ever being so happy... or so scared. Ann Aguirre scaredheartneeds What was the good of having such a fine home if you weren't willing to fight for it? Ann Aguirre finefightinghome I remember when I was a kid, I could never find anything positive about chubby girls. If a girl was pudgy in books, she wasn't okay. She couldn't be happy or make friends unless she lost weight. Ann Aguirre be-happygirlhappypositive People need to believe they can make a difference - that one person standing strong can turn the tide. Ann Aguirre personstrongbelievepeople I've tried to be inclusive in my '2B' series. Over the course of three books, I wrote African-American characters, a paraplegic character, gay and lesbian characters, a bisexual, Jewish heroine, a multiracial hero, Korean and Chinese-American characters, and a multiracial supporting character. Ann Aguirre gaythreeherocharacter People are capable of incredible gallantry and terrible cruelty in situations of extreme duress. I tried to showcase that range in 'Enclave.' Ann Aguirre triedcrueltycapablepeople I immerse myself in everything I write; I feel what my characters do. I suffer with them. I cry as I type, sometimes to the point that I can't see the screen. Ann Aguirre feelmyselfcrysometimes My process seems to be unusual in the sense that I don't create worlds before characters. With me, character is king. Ann Aguirre kingmeprocesscharacter The people I write are real to me, and basically, they tell me about their environments on a need-to-know basis. Ann Aguirre tellmerealpeople My life experiences are different than the average person because I've spent the last 10 years living in Mexico. I generally don't know what's going on in America, and when I do visit for work, I'm often interrogated about my life choices by random strangers. Ann Aguirre randommy-lifeworklife Since becoming aware of the need to be inclusive, I've tried to make my stories broader and more representative of our world. Ann Aguirre triedneedmoreworld In 2007, I sold my first book, 'Grimspace.' It says it's SF on the spine. I believe it to be SF, though it's certainly written differently. I write in first person, present tense, and the protagonist is a woman with a woman's thoughts, feelings, and sexual desires. Ann Aguirre thoughtswomanbelievebook
