We are studying American history for the ninth time in nine years.
There is something about Christmas that requires a rug rat. Little kids make Christmas fun. I wonder if we could rent one for the holidays.
There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore.
The night sky stretched on forever above me, the stars flung like glass beads and pearls on a black velvet cloak.
The merry-go-round is spinning too fast. I want to get off. I want to close my eyes, or just blink.
The guidance counselor convinces them I need a reward-a chew toy or something.
The gloaming that closed over us the cemetery had crawled inside his skin.
The doctors tied me back together with twine... They tied me back together, but they didn't use double knots.
The books I'd checked out of the library earlier in the week were still stacked on my bureau, whispering my name and begging to be read.
She cannot chain my soul.
Now you are burnt-out husks, your spirits haggard, sere, always breeding over your wanderings long and hard, your hearts never lifting with any joy - you've suffered far too much.
Non riesco a fermarmi, ma non posso andare avanti.
Mr. Freeman says fear is a great place to begin art.
Look in a mirror and find a ghost. Hear every heartbeat scream that everysinglething is wrong with you.Why? is the wrong question.Ask Why not?
Listen to the whispers that curl into your head at night, calling you ugly and fat and stupid and bitch and whore and worst of all a disappointment. Puke and starve and cut and drink because you don't...
Like most blacks in Philadelphia, Eliza was free. She said Philadelphia was the best city for freed slaves or freeborn Africans.
It's easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have t...
It was the most eloquent silence I ever heard.
It was a prom dress.It was pink.It was originally seventy percent off,but Ma got it down to eighty-five percent off by screaming My water broke! while we were checking out
I think you have a lot to say. I'd like to hear it.