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1 " You get olderand you are a whole mess of things,new thoughts, sorry feelings,big plans, enormous doubts,goling along hoping and getting disappointed,over and over again,no wonder I don't recognizemy little crayon picture.It appears to be meand it isand it is not. "
― Virginia Euwer Wolff , True Believer (Make Lemonade, #2)
2 " I sure would like to get kissed.How would that feel on my mouth,How different would I be after,a changed climate down in my insides? "
3 " What does the cross mean?" I ask him."Crucifix. I don't know exactly. Jesus hanging in agony, nailed to boards. But it's a reminder.""Of what?""Well. Of—Well, evil.That evil's always gonna be around,and you deal with it. "
4 " She isn't easy to have for a mom,she has too many opinions for one family,she can make me want to slam doors and stick out my tonguebut I don't do it because of the long run. "
5 " You want my honest opinion?" she says.I've already heard too many, but she goes ahead:"LaVaughn, I like you for being uppity. That's partly why we're here. Right?""Huh?" I ask her."Here in this room we're obligated to be uppity.That's our purpose here. We're supposed to change.Those friends of yours can't appreciate you.They don't know how. "
6 " In Biology Patrick and I were like two pencils in a box,parallel but not alive to each other,my guilty feelings stifling my common sense. "
7 " You know how you want something so muchand you're afraid of it too? "
8 " We weren't put on Earth to exclude each other. "
9 " And so I came on the discoverywith no warning.Religion must be for trusting.And trusting, what is that for?I figured it out: It helps you go onwhen you can't go on. "