Middle school Quote by Kenny Porpora

“I remember watching those balloons as a little boy, each fall, wondering if someday I, too, would be nothing but a balloon in the…

— Kenny Porpora

“As she looks through the photos, she says quietly, “We had a lot of happy times together. I hope you remember some of them.”…

— Kenny Porpora

“We met in a school elevator, and he could tell from the way I spoke that we had some sadness in common.”

— Kenny Porpora

“He seems sad, and it occurs to me that we have a certain kind of loneliness in common.”

— Kenny Porpora

“She’s been talking nonstop since five a.m.,” my brother says. “Like, I’m not exaggerating—nonstop. I even timed her at one point.”

— Kenny Porpora

“His adopted dad is white and Jewish, giving him full access to black jokes, white jokes, and Jewish jokes. “You’re so lucky,” I say.…

— Kenny Porpora

“I ask for tons of notebooks for my birthday, the ones with college ruled lines, and I carry them with me, pretend they're my…

— Kenny Porpora

“She asks to see my diploma, holds it in her hands and smiles, reads it out loud before handing it back to me, and…

— Kenny Porpora

“For a long time, I felt like I was destined to inherit a certain kind of life and so I wouldn’t let myself think…

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“I look around. Everybody else is wearing boxer shorts. Everybody. Checkered ones and striped ones and cool skater brands like Joe Boxer and Volcom.…

— Kenny Porpora

“And the dreams I’ve kept for so long to myself, the ones I lose myself in when I work my new job—the day shift…

— Kenny Porpora

“I’d like them to appreciate the power of the individual—and I don’t mean me; I mean the power each person has to make choices…

— Kenny Porpora