“Sheep. I'm stuck in a boarding school filled with sheep.”

“Board the cows! We've come to enslave your marigolds. ”

“Beauty, grace, and charm my foot. It's a school for sadists with good tea-serving skills.”

“Scoring well on tests is the sort of happy thing that gets the school district the greenbacks they crave. Understanding and appreciating the material are secondary.”

“Yes, go on. Leave. You're always coming and going. The rest of us are stuck here. Do you think he'd still love you if he knew who you are? He doesn't really care—only when it suits him.”

“I'm like everyone else in this stupid, bloody, amazing world. I'm flawed. Impossibly so. But hopeful. I'm still me.”

“I'm whining. It's unattractive, but I find I'm powerless to stop”