“I think a friend is someone who helps you change for the better. And whether you see them once a day or once a year, if it's a true friend, it doesn't matter.”
“Because all the words in the world won't do much good if they're just rattling around in your head.”
“I think what's happened, Marlee, is that you've realized the world isn't an addition problem. We tell kids that sometimes. We pretend the world is straightforward, simple, easy. You do this, you get that. You're a good person and try your best, and nothing bad will happen. But the truth is, the world is much more like an algebraic equation. With variables and changes, complicated and messy. Sometimes there's more than one answer, and sometimes there is none. Sometimes we don't even know how to solve the problem. But usually, if we take things step by step, we can figure things out. You just have to remember to factor the equation, break it down into smaller parts.”
“I think a friend is someone who helps you change for the better. And whether you see them once a day or once a year, if it’s a true friend, it doesn’t matter.”
“He said that things could be different in Little Rock, if only the right people could find their voice. I wanted to be on of those people.”
“I’ve thought about it a lot,” I said. “I think a friend is someone who helps you change for the better. And whether you see them once a day or once a year, if it’s a true friend, it doesn’t matter.”
“when I took that first deep breath and saw the clear summer sky, and heard my sister and Little Jimmy and Nora and even Sally and JT cheering for me, I swear I heard the lions roar. Click”
“The only sustenance that matters is the love in my dog’s eyes and the hope of meeting people who dare to truly live.”
“Marcus, do you know what is the only way to know how much you love someone?
No.
By losing them.”
“Many people must have told you that you are lucky to be alive. I think you would have been lucky had you not been shot in the first place.”
“It is true that there is not enough beauty in the world.
It is also true that I am not competent to restore it.
Neither is there candor, and here I may be of some use.”
“If you're going to bury the past, bury it deep, girl. Shallow Graves always give up their dead.”
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