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“Whats ironic,” he adds, shaking his head, “is that everyone’s so busy trying not to look like they’re looking at you that they’re really not looking at you.”

Wait. So what you’re saying…” I pause. “What you’re saying is…people aren’t really looking at me?”
― K.L. Going, Fat Kid Rules the World

“You can't create love, Liam. You just have to take it wherever you find it.”
― K.L. Going, King of the Screwups

“Doesn't it bother you that people don't get it?'

Pete starts to shake his head then he catches himself and holds still.

Nope,' he says. 'If you know what you love, it doesn't matter what other people think. Besides, people are challenged when they're uncomfortable.”
― K.L. Going, King of the Screwups

“Darleen studies her drawing, then she looks up.

'It's not that I don't believe you can get a B,' she says. 'I don't think you're half as dumb as you think I think you are.'

If I was smarter, I'm sure I could figure that out.”
― K.L. Going, King of the Screwups

“I see it out of the corner of my eye as the man moves his fork toward his mouth. He's talking to the woman and he looks like the same pompous asshole I've been watching for the last hour. Truly. The he moves the fork and a piece of pasta falls off. It hits his lip and smears cheese down his perfect, clefted chin. He tries to act cool, but for a split second, like a flash of light, I see what he's hiding.

Curt looks up with his chin still on the table. He's watching me watch them. "You saw it, didn't you?" he breathes.

I shake my head. "No, I didn't see anything really...." I squint.

the woman puts a small amount of egg on her fork, then lifts it tentatively. She's trying to act beautiful, in control. She moves her body sideways, then opens her mouth....

"See?" curt asks drowsy. "You see it?"

I stare, fascinated. Maybe, after all, I do.

Curt nods in answer to the question I haven't asked.

"Finally," he says. "Do you get it now?"

I nod very slowly. The woman takes another bite, and I don't think about her legs anymore. I just watch for the flash. I don't think I will, but I see it again. One minute she looks confident , perfect, the next I see something else. I cringe.

I try watching the man instead, but that's worse. I realize for the first time that he's trying really hard.”
― K.L. Going, Fat Kid Rules the World

“When you're fat, people naturally assume you aren't committed. They think you're not disciplined because if you were disciplined you wouldn't let yourself get fat. A + B = C.”
― K.L. Going

“Fat Kid Proverb #52: Never miss an opportunity to dissect a compliment.”
― K.L. Going, Fat Kid Rules the World

“Then I see Curt - a mirage in the distance. He's leaning against my locker surrounded by a small group of senior Goth kids. They're gathered around him in the same manner people gather around a gruesome car accident, gaping unbashedly, black figures profiled against red lockers, staring in a daze at what they could become(Going 29-30)”
― K.L. Going , Fat Kid Rules the World

“Fat Kid Proverb #12: A clear choice is still worth agonizing over.”
― K.L. Going, Fat Kid Rules the World

“Talking to dad always throws me, because he's so much smarter than I am.”
― K.L. Going, King of the Screwups

“Then I Curt - a mirage in the distance. He's leaning against my locker surrounded by a small group of senior Goth kids. They're gathered around him in the same manner people gather around a gruesome car accident, gaping unbashedly, black figures profiled against red lockers, staring in a daze at what they could become(Going 29-30).”
― K. L. Going

“She told herself she was only going to the porch to take a closer look, but she put on her heavy boots and zipped up her thickest coat, as if she were going on a very long trip.”
― K.L. Going, The Garden of Eve