"Why is everyone so much more afraid of sex
than SCD missiles?
And who decided God wasn't into pleasure?" (p. 4)

"Is there anyone in charge?
Or is this whole thing spinning out until it explodes
or dissolves?
And if there is something we can do
why aren't we doing it?" (p. 7)

"My father hates girls
He says they used to bury them
when they were born. (p. 30)

"I want a girl because she's cute. She will be a princess. Beautiful clothes. No problems." (p. 48)

"I dance past your lustful eyes
Your dirty interpretations of my teenage body
I shake off the burqas and bindings
and corsets and diets
I shake off restrictions and illegitimate rules
I shake off your suffocating warnings
I dance to the heartbeat of life." (p. 54)

"And my father took my hand and said, "You will be a princess now," and I said, "I don't...