All I could do is lie there and think about how much her voice changed when she asked me if she was pretty, and how much she changed when I answered.

in the last month or so, i have read the great gatsby and a separate peace. i am starting to see a real trend in the kind of books bill gives me to read. and just like the tape of songs, it is amazing to hold each of them in the palm of my hand. they are all my favorites. all of them.

He's a wallflower. You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.

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

I don’t want to start thinking again. Not like I have this last week. I can’t think again. Not ever again.

Craig said the problem with things is that everyone is always comparing everyone with everyone

Susan was very fun to be around. She liked movies, and her brother Frank made her tapes of this great music that she shared with us. But over the summer she had her braces taken off, and she got a little taller and prettier and grew breasts. Now, she acts a lot dumber in the hallways, especially when boys are around. And I think it's sad because Susan doesn't look as happy.