“When you're a teenager,everybody is waiting for you to be something or somebody else-your friends,your parents,your teachers.Sometimes you lose track.” — 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
