Sometimes when you open a book, time stops.
They're sort of ancillary anyway, friends. I mean, they're important -- everybody knows that; the TV tells you so -- but they come and go. You lose one friend, you pick up another.
She's pretty." (It's amazing how girls can say this and make it the most withering insult.)
That's all I can do. I'll keep at it and hope it gets better.
I want to live but I want to die. What do I do?
You want to play video games twenty-four hours a day?" "Or watch. I just want to not be me. Whether it's sleeping or playing video games or riding my bike or studying. Giving my brain up. That's what's important.