“all my parents do is drink. They hate me. Do you know what it's like waking up every morning knowing you're not good enough? there are only two things wrong with me-everything I do and everything I say. They'll never be happy until I'm dead”

“He turned to Edwin. "You know, the stuff you just told me makes more sense than all the weird things the counselors and psychologist have told me in school and at the detention center."Edwin tapped Cole's shoulder with the broken stick. "That's because those people still think you can get rid of the left end of the stick.”

“Whatever you do to the animals, you do to yourself. Remember that.”

“No matter what people say to you,be strong!”

“i'm no indian!”

“As Cole left school that day with Peter, they stopped beside the bulldog statue."You two are wrecking our school!" shouted one of the jocks walking by."You can't wreck something that's already wrecked!" Peter shouted back angrily."Hey, Peter, we're Spirit Bears," Cole reminded his friend. "Spirit Bears are strong, gentle, and kind."Peter thought a moment. "You got mauled, so that proves they can get ticked off too.”

“Most of all, I miss that feeling when you go to sleep at night and when you wake up in the morning. It's that feeling that everything is all rightin the world. You know, that amazing feeling that you're whole, that you've got everything you want, that you aren't missing anything. Sometimes when I wake up, I get it for just a moment. It lasts a few seconds, but then I remember what happened, and how nothing has been the same since”