I want to tell him that it's just a stupid car, but bits of me are scattered all over town; the graveyard, school, Cassie's room, the motel, and standing in from of the sink in my mother's kitchen. It takes too much energy to gather all the bits together, so I just sit there and watch him implode.
Censoring books that deal with difficult, adolescent issues does not protect anybody. Quite the opposite. It leaves kids in the darkness and makes them vulnerable. Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance. Our children cannot afford to have the truth of the world withheld from them
Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.
I wanted to pull down a book, open it proper, and gobble up page after page
That's such bullshit, Mythology repeated by parents because it lets them force their kids into sports and push them too hard by pretending that in the end it will pay off with the holy scholarship. You know how many kids get a free ride? Hardly any. Like, maybe fourteen.' -Finn (165)
I swallowed the fear. It’s always there– fear– and if you don’t stay on top of it, you’ll drown. I swallowed again and stood tall, shoulders broad, arms loose. I was balanced, ready to move. My body said, “Yeah, you’re bigger and stronger, but if you touch this, I will hurt you.
Killing people is easier than it should be.” Dad put on his beret. “Staying alive is harder.
Art without emotion its like chocolate cake without sugar. It makes you gag.
This is wonderful, wonderful! Be the bird. You are the bird. Sacrifice yourself to abandoned family values....
Me: "All right, but you said we had to put emotion into our art. I don't know what that means. I don't know what I'm supposed to feel.
Yes it is, because you can only be brave if you're scared.
Can't escape pain, kiddo. Battle through it and you get stronger.
Having a friend made everything else suck less.
I am an owl, bird of the night. I see everything. I know everything.
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