October 2009
82 posts
“It’s like my very first memory, which I guess is the first time I was...”
– Part 2, page 85.
“My grandma is very old, and she doesn’t remember things a lot, but she...”
– Part 2, page 85.
“I swear to God, we almost died.”
– Part 2, page 83.
“Then again, maybe my whole family has been high, and we just don’t tell...”
– Part 2, page 82.
“I don’t know. I’m just thinking too fast. Much too fast.”
– Part 2, page 76.
“I probably shouldn’t be writing about this too much because it brings it...”
– Part 2, page 74.
“..I’m trying not to think about it too much because that makes it worse....”
– Part 2, page 74.
“There were a lot of little kids there. I watched them flying. Doing jumps and...”
– Part 2, page 73 and 74.
“So, instead I spent today walking around the neighborhood. I even got out my old...”
– Part 2, page 73.
“..I can still remember Sam’s kiss. It feels so peaceful and right. I even...”
– Part 2, page 73.
Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines he wrote a poem And he called it “Chops” because that was the name of his dog And that’s what it was all about And his teacher gave him an A and a gold star And his mother hung it on the kitchen door and read it to his aunts That was the year Father Tracy took all the kids to the zoo And he let them sing on the bus And his little...
“And she kissed me. It was the kind of kiss that I could never tell my friends...”
– Part 2, page 70.
“..I closed my eyes because I wanted to know nothing but her arms.”
– Part 2, page 69.
“It was an old 45 record that had the Beatles’ song...”
– Part 2, page 69.
“I think I thought about this present from the first time I really saw her. Not...”
– Part 2, page 68.
“I think they started feeling bad because they didn’t get me anything. But...”
– Part 2, page 68.
“I gave Bob a little plastic tube of soap bubbles because it just seemed to fit...”
– Part 2, page 68.
“I think it was the first time in my life I ever felt like I looked...”
– Part 2, page 67.
“But the amazing thing was that it wasn’t a bad sad at all. It was just...”
– Part 2, page 66.
“..I don’t know who wrote it. I don’t know if it was ever in a book...”
– Part 2, page 66.
“The outside lights were on, and it was snowing, and it looked like magic. Like...”
– Part 2, page 65.
“..I really think that everyone should have watercolors, magnetic poetry, and a...”
– Part 2, page 64.
“I am starting to see a real trend in the kind of books Bill gives me to read....”
– Part 2, page 63.
“I had an amazing feeling when I finally held the tape in my hand. I just thought...”
– Part 2, page 62 and 63.
“I hope it’s the kind of second side that he can listen to whenever he...”
– Part 2, page 62.
“I am very interested and fascinated by how everyone loves each other, but no one...”
– Part 2, page 56.
“..my mom would be so upset by the end of shopping that she would push the cart...”
– Part 2, page 54.
“I just hope I remember to tell my kids they are as happy as I look in my old...”
– Part 2, page 53.
“Sometimes, I look at my parents now and wonder what happened to make them the...”
– Part 2, page 52.
“Old pictures look very rugged and young, and the people in the photographs...”
– Part 2, page 52.
“Maybe these are my glory days, and I’m not even realizing it because they...”
– Part 2, page 52.
“I personally find “super models” strange. I don’t know why...”
– Part 2, page 51.
“More like the movie where the guy meets a smart girl who wears a lot of sweaters...”
– Part 2, page 51.
“I love Twinkies, and the reason I am saying that is because we are all supposed...”
– Part 2, page 50.
“I don’t mean that he’s a bad guy because he’s not. It’s...”
– Part 2, page 48 and 49.
“There is this one photograph of Sam that is just beautiful. It would be...”
– Part 2, page 48.
“To tell you the truth, I love Sam. It’s not a movie kind of love either. I...”
– Part 2, page 47 and 48.
“I thought about maybe writing magazines just so I could see an article that...”
– Part 2, page 46.
“I have decided that maybe I want to write when I grow up. I just don’t...”
– Part 2, page 46.
“Mary Elizabeth told me that the thing about Zen is that it makes you connected...”
– Part 2, page 43.
“It was one of those days that I didn’t mind going to school because the...”
– Part 2, page 42.
“As we were approaching the Fort Pitt Tunnel, Sam asked Patrick to pull to the...”
– Part 1, page 38 and 39.
“I didn’t know that other people thought things about me. I didn’t...”
– Part 1, page 38.
“You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.”
– Part 1, page 37.
“Then, Patrick pointed at me, and said something to Bob.
“He’s...”
– Part 1, page 37.
“I have to say that it was the best milkshake I ever had in my life. It was so...”
– Part 1, page 37.
“..she turned on the light. Wow! It was so bright, I couldn’t believe it....”
– Part 1, page 36.
“..I was glad that everyone seemed as happy as they seemed.”
– Part 1, page 36.
“I started blinking a lot and looking around, and the music sounded heavy like...”
– Part 1, page 35 and 36.
“I ate the brownie, and it tasted a little weird, but it was still a brownie, so...”
– Part 1, page 35.