You know . . . a lot of kids at school hate their parents. Some of them got hit. And some of them got caught in the middle of wrong lives. Some of them were trophies for their parents to show the neighbors like ribbons or gold stars. And some of them just wanted to drink in peace.

The sound of the radio fades to nothing because the waves just can't reach

He realized that if he didn't leave, it would never be his life. It would be theirs.

I couldn't believe Sam actually got me a present because i honestly thought the "I love you" was it.

I have decided that maybe I want to write when I grow up. I just don't know what I would write.

I think they were afraid that some of us would try to kill ourselves or something because they looked very tense and one of them kept touching his beard.

I just hope I remember to tell my kids that they are as happy as I look in my old photographs. And I hope that they believe me.