"Yeah, this picture’s a little old—but that's me carrying my brother. And I think this is how people see me offline because, like, right, It's my brother, right? It's family. We're always around each other, whether we like it or not. And I know he doesn't like me to know it, but he looks up to me, you know, he looks for my approval. It's important to me because growing up in a religious household, right, like close-minded household. I don't want him to have to deal with that as much or to grow into that himself. Like it's important for me that he grows up with open-minded values, even if he stays in that religious aspect of it. Especially now—like slightly younger kids like that, some jokes on the Internet and stuff, they’re really edgy, and at that age it can be really influential and it can actually lead to—you know—it not so much being a joke." – Nova Sheppard
