Everyone's got this hidden infinity that you only get glimpses of. They're always more complex than your conception of them will allow. — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
You show up at high school, there's all these kids you don't know, and you're terrified that people will have some kind of wrong or unpleasant impression of you. You just don't want anything to ruin your public persona, because… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
James Joyce actually is rewarding you in all of these incredible ways. — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
“We used to be pretty good friends, but fourteen-year-old girls are psychotic.” — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
“I entered Excessive Modesty Mode. Nothing is stupider and more ineffective than Excessive Modesty Mode. It is a mode in which you show that… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
As a teenager, I didn't read a ton of teen fiction, and now I feel like I wish that I had. — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
I started playing music around 13 or 14, played jazz in high school, and played other stuff in college. After college, I tried to… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
“this book probably makes it seem as if I hate myself and everything I do. I mostly just hate every person I've ever *been*… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
As a teenager, I was undeveloped and out of touch. The arts was another arena in which to do combat and challenge myself. I… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
“It's like when a kitten tries to bite something to death. The kitten clearly has the cold-blooded murderous instinct of a predator, but at… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
“The sentence should be: “I was pleasantly surprised when the first day of senior year did not make me want to freak out and… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
