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“The Parents, as my mother and father refer to Mr. Finch and Mrs. Finch, are insisting it was an accident, which, I guess, means we're free to mourn him out in the open in a normal, healthy, unstigm...”
“I think it's early. Early in our lives. Early in the night. Early in the new year. If you're counting, you'll notice the earlys outnumber the lates.”
“I have this feeling, like I'm waiting for something. But I have no idea what.”
“In 1912, a man named Franz Reichelt jumped off the Eiffel Tower wearing a parachute suit he designed himself. He jumped to test his invention--he expected to fly--but instead he fell straight down,...”
“Because it's not a lie if it's how you feel.”
“I know life well enough to know you can't count on things staying around or standing still, no matter how much you want them to. You can't stop people from dying. You can't stop people from going a...”
“I didn't know that my life forever changing would be because you loved me and then left, and in such a final way.”
“In case you haven't noticed, we're already involved, Finch. And in case you haven't noticed, I'm broken too.”
“Youre probably better at math than I am, because pretty much everyones better at math than I am, but its okay, Im fine with it. See, I excel at other, more important thingsguitar, sex, and consiste...”
“The only way around it is to stay with one guy forever." But does forever have a built-in ending...?”
“If a song's meant to stay around, you carry it with you in your bones.”
“There are no rules, because life is made up of too many rules as it is.”
“This is followed by laughter because we're in high school, which means we're predictable and almost everything is funny, especially if it's someone else's public humiliation.”
“Just be careful" implies that there's an end to it all, maybe in an hour, maybe in three years, but an end just the same.”
“Were you planning to jump off?"“Not on pizza day. Never on pizza day, which is one of the better days of the week.” I should mention that I am a brilliant deflector.”
“I’m sorry about Finch. He was a good, screwed up kid who should have had more help.” “I feel responsible.”
“In those moments, none of it matters. It’s like that stuff is happening to someone else because all you feel is dark inside, and that darkness just kind of takes over. You don’t even really think a...”
“Is today a good day to die?Is today the day?And if not today–when?”
“I meant what I said to Embryo about drugs. We don’t mix. What it comes down to for me is I have a hard enough time keeping control over my brain without something else getting in the way.”
“What do you know about bipolar disorder?” I almost say, What do you know about it? But I make myself breathe and smile. “Is that the Jekyll-Hyde thing?” My voice sounds flat and even. Maybe a littl...”
