Not fair? Oh, I'm sorry I get this lovely laptop computing device when all you get is the ability to walk, control your hands, and know you'll survive until your eighteenth birthday." Then the kid was going, "Uh, I didn't mean..." But Tad wasn't done yet. While the whole class watched in horror, he put his hands through the metal support braces on the arms of his wheelchair and forced himself to stand up. Then he took a shaky little step to the side, gestured toward the chair, and said, "Why don't you take a turn with the laptop? You can even have my seat.

And if there was one thing I'd finally figured out, it was that your mind is something you always CAN change.

You look like a handsome young man…although you might want to zip your fly. Mom! What? Should I have not told you and left it for everyone else to notice at the dance?

Mr. Watras asked me whether I was practicing, and I told him I was practicing my tissue basketball skills.

Some kids do drugs. Some kids light stuff on fire. Me, I eat oats.

If you promise you will get better instead of dying, I promise I will, too.

Annette had kissed me. Who would’a thunk it?