“if the teenage kids want to carouse, that's where they do it. They make bonfires, and drink too much and smoke dope, and grope around in one another's clothing as if they've just invented it, and smash their parents cars up on the way back to town.”
“God, she loved this kid. Wendy had one of those waves, the ones that sneak up on parents and crush them and make them just want to wrap their arms around their kid and never let him go.”
“Smoking dope and hanging up Che's picture is no more acommitment than drinking milk and collecting postage stamps.”
“Nothing to smoke...nothing to drink...too much time to sit and think...that's why I read....mgc”
“No one wants to be alone too often. If they do they've been disappointed too much, they're all lonely.”
“I just want ambitious teenagers to know it is totally fine to be quite, observant kids. Besides being a delight to your parents, you will find you have plenty of time later to catch up.”