" I have both too many words and not enough. He nods slowly. “Well,” he says. “I’m glad you’re not invisible, Ally. Because this class wouldn’t be the same without you.” I don’t believe him, but it makes me happy he said it. I realize looking at him that, all this time, I haven’t been looking teachers in the face. I’ve been staring into their stomachs while "

― Lynda Mullaly Hunt , Fish in a Tree