5 Quotes by Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson

Conner hadn’t liked leaving the gravesite with his father still not buried. But he’d learned from his grandmother’s funeral that you have to go. It’s expected. Nobody hangs around the cemetary. Grief—a little or a lot—is tucked into your pocket and carried away.

If you don’t deal with the past, the past deals with you.

I wish kids at school would quit calling me a porno dork-face, though. There wasn't any sex involved! I got knocked out, I panicked and called the cops. Okay, somewhere along the line everybody's clothes fell off, but that's not exactly a federal crime. Is it? I hope you don't work for the FBI. (You don't, do you?)- Email Excerpt (Page: 21) From: Douglas Bracken To: Dr. Rita I. MiltonSent: Friday, November 08 - 5:05 PMSubject: Pressing Concerns

Conner hadn’t liked leaving the gravesite with his father still not buried. But he’d learned from his grandmother’s funeral that you have to go. It’s expected. Nobody hangs around the cemetary. Grief – a little or a lot – is tucked into your pocket and carried away.

Take a plain-Jane rock and polish it, and you’ll find a gem.