We imagine people as animals or gods. -But she was just a person, a girl.
JP shouted, "TELL THEM WHAT YOU JUST DID TO EACH OTHER!" "Um," I said. "We kissed," the Duke said. "That's kinda gay," Keun said. "I AM A GIRL." "Yeah, I know, but so is Tobin," Keun said.
Reading forces you to be quiet in a world that no longer makes place for that.
Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood.
Pudge, my friend, we are indefuckingstructible.
The Romans knew it: quod me alit me extinguit, they said: That which nourishes me, extinguishes me.