“I don't want them hanging a double murder on me. It wouldn't look good on my school record.”
“My words hang in the air. I look to the screen, hoping to see them recording some wave of reconciliation going through the crowd. Instead I watch myself get shot on television.”
“If you don't want me to see, I guess, don't sleep in the same room as me."He looks at her with a sly smile. "But I'm known for sleeping in school. It's my shtick.”
“Perhaps my best years are gone. When there was a chance of happiness. But I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.”
“Wouldn't want to tarnish my image by looking like a good guy.”
“I want to spend my time with people who don't look to be respected. But such good people won't want to spend their time with me.”