“If you believe you can read you can”

“Read if you believe”

“Once you read something, you can't erase it from your brain.”

“Go force your condescending man-logic on the next house. You can go now.”

“Because if you don't have at least one person believing in you, then there's not much reason to give a shit about anything.”

“Or maybe she wants to believe that he found her on purpose. Even Janie can have her dreams.”

“Are you okay?" she whispers, giggling.Me? Oh sure. You might have to carry me out of here, though."What happened?"I created a distraction."I gathered that."Step stool, encyclopedias, floor."I see. Well, I can't thank you enough."Sure you can. Help me flunk enough tests, so I drop out of the 'torian range."Can't you just tell Abernethy that you have a reputation as a dumbshit to keep up, and you don't want the attention?"Flunking is more fun.”