"It seems the older people get, the more shit they ignore"
“If you want to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water”
"PRACTICE RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS"
" it’s possible to become the opposite of your destiny"
"The only thing you get from walling yourself in is empty"
"How will I ever soar with the eagles if I’m surrounded by turkeys?"
"Drinking will only hide shit that you should be facing"
So when Charlie dies in dark circumstances, Vera knows a lot more than anyone—the kids at school, his family, even the police. But will she emerge to clear his name? Does she even want to?
"The first time I realized things were going to get nasty was the first week in April, when Charlie broke our friendship off at the pagoda because he believed the lies Jenny Flick told him. First it was the one where I told the whole school about his dad beating his mom. Then, a few days later, she told him that I told people that his penis was small"
"But then, in late April, Jenny told him that I’d told the whole junior class that he was gay, and he finally retaliated by sharing the most obvious ammunition, which was the fact that my mother was once a stripper"
“What do the gynecologist and the pizza deliveryman have in common?”
“They both get to smell the goods but neither one of them can eat it”
"Vera's spent her whole life secretly in love with her best friend, Charlie Kahn. And over the years she's kept a lot of his secrets. Even after he betrayed her. Even after he ruined everything"
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