Most people don't think past themselves. I know that. But I want Vera to see other people. To respect other people. To realize that the whole world is not here for her. I want her to see her duty to the world, not the other way around.
A.S. King...I guess when you believe the word of a complete liar, logic doesn't come into it.
A.S. KingI have gone from invisible Vera Dietz to invincible Vera Dietz.
A.S. KingThere is nothing more disappointing than the coolest kid in the whole world turning drama queen on you.
A.S. KingIt also makes my father right again. How will I ever soar with the eagles if I'm surrounded by turkeys?
A.S. KingTag: humour
Hey - the whole freaking world was built from delusional optimism and folly. What makes you so special? We're all just making it up as we go along. No one really knows what they're doing. Anyone who tells you otherwise is talking out of their butt.
A.S. KingDon't judge. I'm not getting drunk. I'm coping.
A.S. KingThen, Valentine’s Day came. There was a dance, and balloons and flowers and cheaply made rings and all sorts of lame teddy bears and stuffed animals, as if teenagers can be wooed with the same shit as five-year-olds. It was the Dietzes’ most hated holiday of the year, too, because it dealt with the consumerization of something sacred. Mom and Dad had agreed never to buy each other anything on the day. It was a false, Hallmark holiday. A sham. A moneymaking sideshow for insecure couples who didn’t have true love. I agreed with this, for the most part.
A.S. KingDo you think we'll get married one day?" I said.
"To each other?" Charlie asked.
"No, silly. I mean to other people." (But really, I'd meant to each other.)
He said, “Charlie isn’t like us, you know?” and I knew what he meant, but somehow it was that not-like-us that made me love Charlie more.
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