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“Reader, I kissed her. A quiet walk we had, she and I.”
“It means, Doug Swieteck, that in this class, you are not your brother.”
“OKAY. So I was going to the library every Saturday. So what? So what? It's not like I was reading books or anything.”
“There are good reasons to learn how to read. Poetry isn't one of them... Why can't poets just say what they want to say and then shut up?”
“You know, there are good reasons to learn how to read. Poetry isn't one of them. I mean, so what if two roads go two ways in a wood? So what? Who cares if it made all that big a difference? What di...”
“Mr. Ferris didn't say anything the whole time. He sat next to me and listened. And when I finished, I looked at him.He was crying. I'm not lying. He was crying.I don't think it was because how hard...”
“Mrs. Russell made us both sit down with a glass of milk. "And I have a special treat for you," she said. I'm not lying. She really said that. I held my breath because of the last special treat at t...”
