200 Quotes by A.S. King

Charlie didn't say much and smoked a lot. I didn't say much, either. I wanted to flip open my phone and write Kiss me. But before I could, Charlie started to descent the tree. The next week I turned seventeen.

I wanted to ask him if this was his choice or his dad's. It didn't seem fair that no one had talked to him about college or any other options. It didn't seem fair that he'd get a free bike for doing what he was told rather than thinking for himself. It didn't seem right that he would be rewarded for turning into a trained monkey at the age of fifteen.

We have a bird feeder out there that every squirrel in the forest is trying to infiltrate, which drives Dad crazy.

There's a brief, awkward silence as I realize that this is our first phone call. For some reason, this causes me to realize our age difference again.

I wanted to tell her that it was okay to be different. That different made Charlie who he was. But she would never get it. To her, anything weird was scary or stupid. Something to roll her eyes at. If Charlie was the next Einstein, she would have told him to not be weird, to comb his hair, and to stop thinking about physics, while his father forced him to go to Vo-Tech and learn about HVAC.

It's not what they did to me," she said. "It's what they're doing to you.""What?" I took a swig out of the bottle for effect, but I knew what she meant. I'd been drinking every night for a month."Who are you doing this for? Is it Jenny? Is this about being in her pants, or what?"Oh yes. I would kill to be a pickle on Vera's Big Mac. Because Vera gave a shit.And she knew how to tell the truth.And she loved me.So I hit her. Right when she said that, I hit her.

How can we say nobody's perfect if there is no perfect to compare to? Perfection implies that there really is a right and wrong way to be. And what type of perfection is the best type? Moral perfection? Aesthetic? Physiological? Mental?

I am equal to a baby and to a hundred year old lady. I am equal to an airline pilot and a car mechanic. I am equal to you. You are equal to me. It's that universal.

The world is full of assholes. What are you doing to make sure you're not one of them?