Why?’ She nods. ‘She had everything: a family who loved her, friends, activities. Her mother wants to know why she threw it all away?’ Why you want to know why? Step into a tanning booth and fry yours...
Mi sgridano perché non riesco a vedere quello che vedono loro.
In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves.
Fracture lines etch the surface of the glass box as if a body fell from the sky and landed on it. He doesn't hear the impact, can't smell the blood.
Killing people is easier than it should be. Dad put on his beret. Staying alive is harder.
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. Yo...
One had to be careful with elbows and boys
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...
You know what's not sexy? I pushed his hand away. Babies. Babies are not sexy.But I bought condoms, he said. I even practiced putting one on!The lost-puppy look on his face made me smile. I'm proud of...
I picked up one of the books and flipped through it. Don't get me wrong, I like reading. But some books should come with warning labels: Caution: contains characters and plots guaranteed to induce sle...
My only choice was to fight my way out, even if I didn't think I would make it.
Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.
I won't take a real nap. I have this halfway place, a rest stop on the road to sleep, where I can stay for hours. I don't even need to close my eyes, just stay safe under the covers and breathe.
Why not spend that time on art: painting, sculpting, charcoal, pastel, oils? Are words or numbers more important than images? Who decides this? Does algebra move you to tears? Can plural possessives e...
Have you considered what you might do to help? You have recovered, so you cannot get the fever again. You are young and strong. We have a real need for you.How can I help anyone? I’m just a girl. As s...
I just want to sleep. The whole point of not talking about it, of silencing the memory, is to make it go away. It won't. I'll need brain surgery to cut it out of my head.
I spent the last Friday of summer vacation spreading hot, sticky tar across the roof of George Washington High. My companions were Dopey, Toothless, and Joe, the brain surgeons in charge of building m...
From the Q&A with the author at the end of the book.)Have any readers ever asked questions that shocked you?I have gotten one question repeatedly from young men. These are guys who liked the book, but...
Yes it is, because you can only be brave if you're scared.
The school board banned one of Maya Angelou's books, so the librarian had to take down her poster.I fished it out of the trash.She must be a great writer if the school board is scared of her.
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