“I've got a lot of homework to do, and none of it has anything to do with school.” — Travis Thrasher Copy Share Image
“A dark world only makes the brighter moments shine that much more.” — Travis Thrasher Copy Share Image
“These pieces of you, imperfectly sewn and patched all over, blur by like a blinding pitch” — Travis Thrasher Copy Share Image
“She believes that going too far is wrong. Yet she's not trying to prove her point; she's just living it out.” — Travis Thrasher Copy Share Image
“If you knew the world was about to end, what would you say? Or maybe the question should be, if this world… — Travis Thrasher Apocalypse Copy Share Image
“I want to cry. Like a serious mushy cry a middle-school girl might do after her favorite vampire couple has a baby… — Travis Thrasher Middle school Copy Share Image
“Things like this don't happen back in Libertyville, Illinois. You don't get lost in the woods behind your house. You don't get… — Travis Thrasher Illinois Copy Share Image
“Part of me doesn't even know if we're together. I mean, we are-she likes me, and I want to run off to… — Travis Thrasher Copy Share Image
“When you’re someone who likes control, this world can often resemble staring into a broken mirror. You see the sharp, ragged edges… — Travis Thrasher Broken mirror Copy Share Image
“I can't help but think of the dance that I'm not going to. It's not that I want to go to a… — Travis Thrasher Dance Copy Share Image
“There's no light bulb lit. I half wonder if there's any power to light one. "Aunt Alice?" A round goblin comes out… — Travis Thrasher Darkness Copy Share Image
“She ever marry?" "No." The no sounds like "not in a million years." Like Aunt Alice couldn't marry, like she has one… — Travis Thrasher Copy Share Image
“We eventually come to a one-story house that looks as though it's on its way to becoming one with the forest surrounding… — Travis Thrasher Manners Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it seems his whole life revolves around watching and waiting. Waiting for the right moment, waiting for the right memory to… — Travis Thrasher Life Copy Share Image
“This is Teenage madness. Trapped in a room knowing there's more outside. Trapped listening to a teacher talk about Hemingway as if… — Travis Thrasher Communication Copy Share Image
“Maybe I'll buy a camera and videotape myself 'a la Paranormal Activity style. Then I'll be able to watch myself sleepwalking and… — Travis Thrasher Copy Share Image
“What?" I ask. I don't get anything about this day. Everything is just off. "Are you sure?" "Am I sure where I… — Travis Thrasher Copy Share Image
“You spend long moments worrying and wondering only to see the wash up on the shore of a sea of wasted hours.… — Travis Thrasher Time Copy Share Image
“I'll be taking a two-hour after-school class twice a week for seven and a half weeks. After those thirty hours of classroom… — Travis Thrasher Time Copy Share Image
“Was she always that friendly?" I joke. "She saw Robert. At least I got that out of her." "Maybe she buried him… — Travis Thrasher Joke Copy Share Image
“I'm sixteen with what I hope will be a long life ahead, but I'm willing to give it up, to give anything… — Travis Thrasher Christian Copy Share Image
