Asleep, he looked a lot younger than going-on-seventeen, but I had noticed that Johnny looked younger when he was asleep too, so I figured everyone did. Maybe people are younger when they are asleep.

It was too vast a problem to be just a personal thing. There should be some help, someone should tell them before it was too late. Someone should tell their side of the story, and maybe people would understand then, and wouldn’t be so quick to judge a boy by the amount of hair oil he wore.

Things were rough all over, but it was better that way. That way you could tell the other guy was human too.

Things are rough all over.

I gotta cut smoking or I'll never make track next year

I used to be sure of things. Me, once i had all the answers. I wish i was a kid again, when i had all the answers

You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There's still lots of good in the world. Tell Dally. I don't think he knows.