Same Sun Here

They are wildflowers. They would not want a name.

In New York, the buildings are like mountains in some ways, but they are only alive because of the people living in them. Real mountains are alive all over.

I liked how your teacher said we were 'kindred spirits'. I looked that up on m-w .com and it says that means we are related spirits, like family who is not blood family. I told Mamaw this and she said, 'Sometimes that's the best family of all.

I like that library books have secret lives. All those hands that have held them. All those eyes that have read them.

It seems like there are so many homesick people in the world. It seems like so many of us live far away from where we were born.

That's what it means to be an American. To be free to love who and what you want, and to keep a lot in your heart at once.

Since reading this book, everyone I pass on the street seems full of stories and dreams and a secret sadness.

The reason I'm not on the e-mail list is because I thought it'd be cooler to write letters to somebody, since I can write e-mails to anybody.

So Kiku has figured out a way to be alone in the city. All you have to do is stand at the end of the subway platform and scream as the train comes into the station.

Mamaw says this is the problem with a lot of politicians. “They want to do right, but they’re too scared to,” she says.

Let's say right now that we can tell each other our secrets and we won't make fun of each other. Don't take this the wrong way, but you sound weird, too. I am glad of it, because I can be my own true self with you.

They were all surprised that we are best friends but we haven't ever met. Ms. Bledsoe said that's what happens when you find a 'kindred spirit'.

I try to remember everything I can about her. I am afraid I will forget.

Her laugh is like a kind of music.

That’s what it means to be an American. To be free to love who and what you want, and to keep a lot in your heart at once.

It’s like there are two worlds in Drama Club. The world onstage and the world backstage. It reminds me of how I feel all the time.