“Go ahead and flunk me for begging the question, then go ahead and fuck yourself for asking it.”
“Go ahead and laugh at Detroit. Because you are laughing at yourself.”
“When I give the go ahead, go ahead."--Alyss”
“I knew what I had left behind. The question was: What was I going to find ahead?”
“Was he going to ask me to go with him? Maybe I was getting ahead of myself and he was just making conversation. Oh, why was talking to a boy so fraught with complication?”
“Do you want to go along with others? or go on ahead? or go off on your own?...you must know what you want and that you want. Fourth question for the conscience.”