Julie Buxbaum

“You want to kiss her, right?” “What?” I have lost track of our conversation. I was thinking about how if Kit called…

— Julie Buxbaum

“I bump into a group of girls congregating around a locker. Jessica, Willow (who is notably the only Willow enrolled in our…

— Julie Buxbaum

“I am kissing David Drucker. I am kissing David Drucker. I am kissing David Drucker. I Was wrong. I had assumed this…

— Julie Buxbaum

“I wish I were really young, like you. Eight is, like, the best age." "Really?" "I don't know. To be honest, I…

— Julie Buxbaum

“How's things, buddy?" Trey asks after we run through a few finger-warming exercises. I realize this is what people call small talk.…

— Julie Buxbaum

“When it is our turn to check in, the woman behind the counter smiles brightly at us despite the cruel hour. I…

— Julie Buxbaum

“I've always like bleachers, things ordered vertically from high to low.”

— Julie Buxbaum

“WTF?” Annie asks. She sometimes speaks in Text, a habit I just can’t get behind. In my head, I respond in kind:…

— Julie Buxbaum

“I'm not sure why I've always assumed that the responsibility of a conversation falls on me.”

— Julie Buxbaum

“we match,” I say, and as soon as the words are out I already know that tomorrow will come and I will…

— Julie Buxbaum

“The image sears my brain too, and I wonder if I will ever be able to forget it. Although I realize that…

— Julie Buxbaum

“I realize we all walk around pretending we have some control over our fate, because to recognize the truth--that no matter what…

— Julie Buxbaum

“We don’t talk on the ride home. We don’t have to. I feel warm and giddy and like I have a secret…

— Julie Buxbaum

“That's the blessing and the curse of loss: You don't get to choose what falls within the inevitable dissolution of recollection or…

— Julie Buxbaum

“There's a famous expression that if you've met one person with autism, then... you've met one person with autism. So you met…

— Julie Buxbaum

“I was just going to call and say hi." "Give me the phone." I hand it over. Jess, despite her scrawniness, is…

— Julie Buxbaum

“Here's what I know: I eat mass quantities of red meat, curse religiously, sing out of tune but with conviction. I cry…

— Julie Buxbaum

“Have I been talking to myself? It’s entirely possible and somewhat ironic that my entire thought process about Pizza Pizza Pizza and…

— Julie Buxbaum

“What if we all jumped out of our boxes and chewed up our stupid labels? Who would we discover?”

— Julie Buxbaum

“you make me want to know what goes on in that head of yours. I'll be honest: I'm not usually interested in…

— Julie Buxbaum

“I take the long way home and circle the neighborhood. The leaves have started to fall and collect in small heaps under…

— Julie Buxbaum

“So strange that David Drucker of all people was the only one who said the exact right thing: Your dad shouldn't have…

— Julie Buxbaum

“I liked holding David’s hand, though. That part-the snow dampening my face, letting my tears mix without anyone seeing, his fingers snug…

— Julie Buxbaum

“Can you please also give me instructions for dancing?” “Excuse me?” “I need instructions for dancing. Like how do I move my…

— Julie Buxbaum

“I mean , I never even had to really come out to my parents. They always knew, and it was always okay.…

— Julie Buxbaum