3 Quotes by Nick LaRocca

Michelle made a point of being friendly, not just seeming friendly, and rich girls would meet her eyes with something like humanity, surprised at themselves for how pleasantly they were treating a plebe.

I was having one of those experiences where you're in a place, whether it's a job interview for a position you don't want with a company you don't even trust or a class you don't want to take, and you're sitting there wondering, What am I doing here? Like a part of you has split off from yourself and occasionally drops in and asks, Can we leave now?

When I think of the person I was, I don't know how anyone ever forgave me: my parents, all the people who were the age I now am. I suppose it's that they thought of me the way I sometimes think of young people now: It's okay, because they'll change, because they'll have to.