He was the boy that made mix tapes with themes and hand-colored covers until the day he hit my sister and stopped crying.

I love Twinkies, and the reason I am saying that is because we are all supposed to think of reasons to live.

And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her. Because there was nothing to gain, and that didn't matter.

I said no to having a beer. I once had a beer with my brother when I was twelve, and I just didn't like it. It's really that simple for me. [pp.37]

There are rules you follow here not because you want to, but because you have to.

and for the first time in my life I understand the end of that poem. And I never wanted to. You have to believe me.

The fights are always the same