“...delineated with signs reading:TOWN OF AMHERSTWATERSHEDNO TRESPASSINGWhich every boy in the neighborhood understood as:PRIVATE PRESERVE FOR KIDS”

“Last summer, when he thought I wasn't looking, I observed Cubby telling one of the neighborhood six-year-olds that there were dragons living in the storm drains, under our street.'We feed them meat...and then they don't get hungry and blow fire and roast us.'Little James listened closely, with a very serious expression on his face. Then he ran home to get some hot dogs from his mother.”

“I tried to show him things, but he didn't seem to study what I showed him. Usually, he just put whatever I handed him in his mouth. He would try to eat anything. I fed him Tabasco sauce and he yelled. Having a little brother helped me learn to relate to other people. Being a little brother, Snort learned to watch what he put in his mouth.”

“a crying grown-up with no visible damage, who knew what that meant?”

“Unlike some older brothers, I never set him on fire, or cut off an arm or leg, or drowned him in the tub. ”

“Simply making myself aware of others has remarkably improved my social life. People accept me much faster now that I ignore them less.”

“It does not matter what sixty-six percent of people do in any particular situation. All that matters is what you do.”