As I moved to less and less diverse places in my life, I realized that white people don't talk about race amongst themselves!

The way he looked back at her made her feel wide open, like every thought must be closed-captioned on her face.

I still wish you’d get a dog,” she said. “I’d never remember to feed it.” “Maybe we could train it to feed you.

It was nice to meet you,” Levi said, and you’d have to really know Levi to know that he didn’t mean it.

Because he didn’t laugh when he thought something was funny – he laughed when he was happy.

He leaned his forehead against the mirror and closed his eyes. It was embarrassing to see himself smile like that.

His skin was like sunshine with a suntan.

Am I going to die?” he asked. “I hope so,” Justin said.

I think your mother has Asperger’s,” Georgie had said to Neal. “They didn’t get Asperger’s in the ’50s.” “I’m just saying maybe she’s on the spectrum.” “She’s just a math teacher.

Tell me about it, he said. Tell me why you’re so unhappy. It’s just everything. There are too many people. And I don’t fit in. I don’t know how to be. Nothing that I’m good at it is sort of thing that matters there.