“When you were in a room with Kurtis James, whether it was one or a hundred other people, Kurtis seemed to be the only one there”
“When you are in a room with Kurtis, whether its one or a hundred he is the only person that matters.”
“I felt the same way the world felt about Kurtis; It revolved around him.”
“Kurti had believed in politics, and politics had deceived him, the way politics deceives everyone.”
“When I am telling it, it doesn't seem as if it was only made up. It seems more real than you are -- more real than the schoolroom. I feel as if I were all the people in the story -- one after the other. It is queer.”
“But one thing that I was learning about what happened when you stuck around—it usually seemed that other people were willing to stick by you as well.”