...and I realized that Garrett was right about one thing- I had flipped. Completely.

There’s no winning arguments with your parents, so why get all pumped up over them? It is way better to dive down and get out of the way than it is to get clobbered by some parental tidal wave.

What I'm expecting is for you to behave like the gentleman I always thought you were.

Now, I know from experience that the trouble with one lie is that it usually takes more lies to cover it up. And if you don't watch out, you wind up telling lies to cover up the lies that are covering up the original lie.

So there I was, with the two hottest girls on campus, having lunch. I was "the man", the envy of every other guy in our school. Buddy, I was miserable." -Bryce Loski

Julie always tried to stand beside me, or talk to me, or in some other way mortify me.

He tells us that life isn't about what happens to you, it's about what you do about what happens to you.