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161 " Tell that guy to kiss my white vivacious ass. He never met me. "
― A.S. King , Please Ignore Vera Dietz
162 " Only you can allow yourself to be angry. "
― A.S. King , Reality Boy
163 " As I walked back to the porch, I was thankful. I'd been so preoccupied with whether or not I would turn into Darla--so busy being the walking picture of emptiness--that I'd overlooked society's expectations of me.I smiled at this.Did all outcasts come to this realization at a certain point in life? That being outcast from a bogus and pornographic society was a good thing? I hoped so. I hoped there was an army of us out there, smiling about it that very moment. "
― A.S. King , Glory O'Brien's History of the Future
164 " Then they fake smile at each other, but I’m starting to understand that smiling is really just another way of baring one’s teeth. "
― A.S. King , Still Life with Tornado
165 " I'm sixteen years old and this is the main idea the adults in my life have given me. Whether it's seaweed in Mexico, missing art projects, or Dad shrugging, the message is clear: The older people get, the less they can do about things. "
166 " Sarah. Sarah. Sarah. I can't get away from myself. "
167 " He digs out a fortune cookie fortune from his mouth, as if his mouth has a pocket. It says THE SIMPLEST ANSWER IS TO ACT. He hands it to me. I nod and put the fortune in my own mouth pocket. "
― A.S. King , Everybody Sees the Ants
168 " No patience. No kisses. No hugs. Just a tweezers and some rubbing alcohol, and a stinging sensation that never goes away. "
169 " I want to be the joint that she smokes so that we can finally talk abouteverything without having to use words, because I will be a drug in her brain. "
170 " Here's to bullshit. "
― A.S. King , Ask the Passengers
171 " It didn't work. It didn't work because I knew not to give the best of myself to the worst of people. "
172 " I stare out the window and smile because just dreaming it is nice… even if it doesn't happen. Just dreaming it is nice. "
173 " But who’s to say what’s stupid and what’s not stupid when your life falls apart? Some people fall apart over TV shows. Some people fall apart over a breakup. Some people fall apart over someone eating the last bowl of Apple Jacks. I fell apart because of the annual art show. No one noticed I was falling apart before then. I "
174 " EVERYONE deserves to be happy. But no one gets there by freaking out or sulking or running. So. Here's a tissue. Clean yourself up and start back at the beginning. "
175 " Can I admit I’m a little freaked out that Socrates only has one name? I know that’s how it was done in those days, but it bugs me. I can’t tell if it’s his last name or his first name or what. And it can’t be shortened—except to Sock, which is completely stupid. I want him to have a more familiar name—something laid back and modern, so I can relate to him better. So I stare at the picture in my book of the curly-bearded guy with the pug nose, and by the end of study hall, I name him Frank. Frank Socrates. Makes him more huggable. "
176 " I used to love school until everybody got old enough to point and laugh. "
177 " ..love doesn't just show up and disappear, Not real love. "
― A.S. King , I Crawl Through It
178 " You are not your virginity. You are a human being. "
179 " I took pictures of the people who thought they were my friends, but who I'd never let all the way in. "
180 " I am the barrier between the bullshit that falls from the sky and the humans who do not want bullshit on their pantsuits. In eight days of riding around, that's what I've discovered. It's raining bullshit. Probably all the time. "