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"I'm not the way I am because of what I dreamt and remembered about my aunt helen."

I'd disagree but to each their own

"...I just can't stop thinking that the little kid eating French fries with his mom in the shopping mall is going to grow up and hit my sister. I'd do anything not to think that."

Did he see that guy within that child? How do the two correlate?

"And i just couldn't talk with Mary Elizabeth or anybody or my brother or anybody in my family. Except maybe my aunt Helen. But she's gone. And even if she were here, I don't think I could talk to her either. Because I'm starting to feel like what I dreamt about her last night was true. And my psychiatrist's questions weren't weird after all."

"I don't know what's wrong with me. It's like all I can do is keep writing this gibberish to keep from breaking apart."

"I got in my dad's car, and drove away. And I could hear all these songs on the radio, but the radio wasn't on. And when I got into the driveway, I think I forgot to turn off the car. I jist went to the couch in the family room where the TV is. And I could see the TV shows, but the TV wasn't on."

"It's just that I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am. And I don't want them to carry it around inside. I want them to show me, so i can feel it, too. I want them to be able to do whatever they want around me. And if they do something I don't like, I'll tell them."

"The inside jokes weren't jokes anymore. They had become stories. Nobody brought up the bad names or the bad times. And nobody felt sad as long as we could postpone tomorrow with more nostalgia."

"And my mom kept shushing my grandfather, who kept talking about how many black people were in the school."


First of all ??????? 😭😭😭😭😭
I haven't heard a single person of color mentioned in this book???

"When I was driving home, I just thought about the word "special". And I thought the last person who said that about me was my Aunt Helen. I was very grateful to have heard it again."

"Charlie. Please don't take this the wrong way. I'm not trying to make you feel uncomfortable. I just want you to know that you are very special... and the only reason I'm telling you is that I don't know if anyone else ever has."