It Is Worth It To Leave Behing

I Went On Spouting Bullshit Encouragements As Gus's Parents, Arm In Arm, Hugged Each Other And Nodded At Every Word. Funerals, I Had Decided, Are For The Living.

Tiny Cooper Is Splayed Out Across The Thin Carpet, Using His Backpack As A Pillow. He’s Wearing Skinny Jeans, Which Look Very Much Like Denim Sausage Casings.

... She Called It A Paper Town. Like, You Know, Everything So Fake And Flimsy.

Not Following Her Is The Hardest Thing I've Ever Done.

So Dawn Goes Down Today... Nothing Gold Can Stay. -- Robert Frost