In the ensuing silence, I have time to contemplate the word cuteโ how dismissive it is, how itโs the equivalent of calling someone little, how it makes a person into a baby, how the word is a neon sign burning through the dark reading, โFeel Bad About Yourself.
John Greenstill, what could i say? that i didn't just feel depressed - instead, it was like the depression was the core of me, of every part of me, from my mind to my bones? that if he got blue, i got black? that i hated those pills so much, because i knew how much i relied on them to live?
John GreenThe Colonel explained to me that 1. this was Alaska's room, and that 2. she had a single room because the girl who was supposed to be her roommate got kicked out at the end of last year, and that 3. Alaska had cigarettes, although the Colonel neglected to ask whether 4. I smoked, which 5. I didn't.
John Green