“‘You’re a freak, you know that? You’ve always been a freak. Everyone says so. They always have.’
‘I’m trying not to be.’
Then, I turned around and walked to my room and closed my door and put my head under my pillow and let the quiet put things where they are supposed to be.”
“Patrick used to be popular until Sam bought him some good music.”
“There is this one photograph of Sam that is just beautiful. It would be impossible to describe how beautiful it is, but I’ll try.
If you listen to the song ‘Asleep,’ and you think about those pretty weather days that make you remember things, and you think about the prettiest eyes you’ve ever known, and you cry, and the person holds you back, then I think you will see the photograph”
“Personally, I like to think my brother is having a college experience like they do in the movies. I don’t mean the big fraternity party kind of movie. More like the movie where the guy meets a smart girl who wears a lot of sweaters and drinks cocoa. They talk about books and issues and kiss in the rain. I think something like that would be very good for him, especially if the girl were unconventionally beautiful. They are the best kind of girls, I think. I personally find ‘super models’ strange. I don’t know why this is.”
“Maybe these are my glory days, and I’m not even realizing it because they don’t involve a ball.”
“My mom was so upset she took me shopping for new clothes.”
“First, I am very interested and fascinated by how everyone loves each other, but no one really likes each other. Second, the fights are always the same.”
“But I really think that everyone should have watercolors, magnetic poetry, and a harmonica.”
“I don’tt think we should base so much on weight, muscles, and a good hair day, but when it happens, it’s nice. It really is”
“I think it would be great if sledding were always enough, but it isn’t.”
“It’s kind of like when you look at yourself in the mirror and you say your name. And it gets to a point where none of it seems real. Well, sometimes, I can do that, but I don’t need an hour in front of a mirror. It happens very fast, and things start to slip away. And I just open my eyes, and I see nothing. And then I start to breathe really hard trying to see something, but I can’t.”
“I also called pizza crust ‘pizza bones.’ I don’t know why I’m telling you this.”
(to be continued…)
