“I guess it happens to everyone. You get pushed off to the side, or you just learn to blend in, stay out of the way, merge with the crowd. And you start to think that maybe you're not the center… — John David Anderson Copy Share Image
“thin glasses that seemed to get lost on his wide red face. His balding forehead glared in the overhead lights. He reminded Bryan a… — John David Anderson Copy Share Image
“That's my life approach to most of life most of the time: to ignore it. I have to in order to stay sane. Until… — John David Anderson Copy Share Image
“Because sometimes it's better to believe in the impossible. To believe you are a secret agent or a private detective or a superhero and not just a kid with freckled cheeks and gangly arms who is too clumsy to leap a tipped-over garbage can in a single bound. Until you are lying in the middle of the sidewalk, with a… — John David Anderson Copy Share
“The deadliest snake in the world is the inland taipan, by the way. A single drop of its venom is enough to kill a hundred men. And yet, in the history of snakebites, this species of snake has only ever killed one person. I told that to Ms. Bixby at the end of that day, the day she broke the… — John David Anderson Copy Share
“We all have moments when we think nobody sees us. When we feel like we have to act out or be somebody else to… — John David Anderson Copy Share Image
“I don't think there's too much normal out there anymore. Though there's still plenty of average to go around.” — John David Anderson Copy Share Image
“I guess it happens to everyone. You get pushed off to the side, or you just learn to blend in, stay out of the… — John David Anderson Copy Share Image
“That's Jenna. She's one of those girls who talk just as much with her hands as with her mouth, which means between the three… — John David Anderson Copy Share Image
“When adults tell you they are concerned about you, what they usually mean is that they think you are up to no good and… — John David Anderson Copy Share Image
“The villain would lead with a taunt or insult. Next would come a series of revelations designed to feelings of shock and chagrin in… — John David Anderson Copy Share Image
“We are all conditioned by our environment. We are all creatures of instinct, driven by our need to survive, but capable of learning through… — John David Anderson Copy Share Image
