“If you could just be nice, then you wouldn't have to worry about arguments at all. but being nice wasn't as easy as it seemed, especially when the rest of the world could be so mean.”

“Being nice was the ideal, the one place where people didn't get loud, or so quiet they could scare you. If you could just be nice, then you wouldn't have to worry about arguments at all. But being nice wasn't as easy as it seemed, especially when the rest of the world could be so mean.”

“Being nice wasn't as easy as it seemed especially when the rest of the world could be so mean”

“It's hard to be nice when the rest of the world is so mean.”

“That was the nice thing about the Spot: you could hear everything, but no one could see you.”

“That was the thing about being on the inside: the world was just going on, even when it seemed like time for you had stopped for good.”

“Maybe you could go backwards and forwards at the same time, but it wasn't easy. You had to want to.”