You were always uncomfortable with the rhetoric of emotion, which is quite a different matter from discomfort with emotion itself.
A boy is a dangerous animal.
Half an ear cocked, something in me, all night, every night, is waiting for you to come home.
Notoriety is cheap. It's just easier to get noticed by doing something bad.
Funny how you dig yourself into a hole by the teaspoon.
Reading time is precious. Don't waste it. Reading bad books, or books that are wrong for a certain time in your life, can dangerously turn you off the activity altogether.