“High school is neither a democracy nor a dictatorship - nor, contrary to popular belief, an anarchic state. High school is a divine-right monarchy. And when the queen goes on vacation, things change.”
“If there must be a moon, let it be high,a high moon made in Baghdad, neither Arab, nor Persian,nor claimed by the goddesses all around us.”
“High School is the place where poetry goes to die.”
“And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic nor popular - but one must take it because it is right.”
“When you are a high school girl, there is nothing more miraculous than a high school boy.”
“I didn't want to be popular because it was easier; I wanted to be popular because in high school that's the best thing you can be: perfect. Everything else is shit.”