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“We should go swimming," Anna says, out of the blue.”
“Whatever you decide, don't let it be because you don't think you have a choice.”
“If you really want things to change, you can make them change no matter where you are.”
“I'm not saying he was, like, crying tears of man pain over the phone, but he sounded upset.”
“I hate organized religion. I hate that people use it to justify their crappy, bigoted beliefs.”
“Sketchy black van? Weird stalking of my house? What are you going to do next, offer me some candy?”
“It always struck me in years after how bizarre it was, how two people could look at one another with such tenderness and complete love, and how quickly that could dissolve into nothing but bitterness.”
“Some people think that a place can save them... Like if they could just be somewhere else, their lives would be totally different. They could finally be the people they always wanted to be. But to ...”
“It's just nice, I guess. Knowing that someone else can put into words what I feel. That there are people who have been through things worse than I have, and they come out on the other side okay. No...”
“These songs tell me I'm not alone. If you look at it that way, music...music can see you through anything.”
“June is gone. For the first time, the enormity of that hits me. Every muscle aches, my heart most of all. I am throbbing with how much I miss her. It hurts worse than anything. I don't know how I'm...”
“I don't know what I believe anymore. If God does exist, then He's just an asshole, creating this world full of human suffering and letting all these terrible things happen to good people, and sitti...”
“In some ways I admire Aunt Helen's unwavering certainty in God's divine plan. It must be comforting, to have faith like that. To believe so concretely that there's someonesomethingout there watchin...”
“It feels weird, being out in the real world again. Around people just living their lives like normal. Their presence is oppressive. The very fact that the world is going on as usual, like nothing e...”
“It must be comforting, to have a faith like that. To believe so concretely that theres someonesomething out there watching guard, keeping us safe, testing us only with what we can handle.”
“I don't know what I need, or even what I want, from her or from anybody. There's no way to tell her the truth, because the truth is that my heart is broken, and I don't think there''s any chance of...”
“You know, just because you think bubblegum pop on the radio represents all that is wrong with society, that doesnt mean theres not someone out there who needs that shitty pop song. Maybe that shitt...”
“Listen, Harper. I realize how hard this is for you."A flash of anger heats up in my chest. She doesn't understand. She can't. If she did, she'd leave me alone instead of trying to force me to talk ...”
“He took his pain and turned it into something beautiful. Into something that people connect to. And that's what good music does. It speaks to you. It changes you.”
“Stupid bitch," he spits, and that's when I mentally punch him in the face.Except it isn't just mentallyit's for real, my closed fist is actually moving. It hits him square in the nose with a sicken...”
“No problem. Just drop it back off before you go," he says, procuring a brass key. "And if he puts on Bowie's early stuff and starts sweet-talking, dammit, you run. You run as fast as you can.”
“And even if we did, which we didn't, it's none of your business.""Okay.""I just wanted you to know.""Okay.""If you say okay one more time, I'm going to punch you in the solar plexus."His eyebrows j...”
