"Intelligence is not measured by how much you know, but by how much you have the capacity to learn."
- Francesca Zappia
"Sometimes I think people take reality for granted."
"I am real. This”–he put his other hand over the first-“is real. You see me interacting with other people all day long, don’t you? I talk to people; I affect things in the world. I cause things to happ..."
"If nothing’s real, then what does it matter?” he said. “You live here. Doesn’t that make it real enough?"
"It kind of felt like she was kicking me in the gut, and every kick"
"I do have friends. Maybe they live hundreds of miles away from me, and maybe I can only talk to them through a screen, but they're still my friends."
"Did you meet your soul mate? That always happens on the first day of school, right?''Oh God, Charlie, she's letting you read again! You went straight to the paranormal section, didn't you?"
"What you loved as a child, you will love forever"
"I was the big sister. I was supposed to set and example and lead the way so people would say, 'Hey, you're Alex's sister, aren't you? You two look exactly alike!' instead of 'Hey, you're Alex's sister..."
"I realized everyone around me was wearing a uniform. Black pants, white button-down shirts, green ties. Gotta love the smell of institutional equality in the morning."