“You’re not user-friendly. You’re too needy. You have no social currency. You’re a freak. Without a normative side, you can’t get in. That’s it. Sorry.”

“You have to notice the truth in order to be able to avoid it.”

“Straight people are the most pathetic of all. I’ve never seen such a miserable group of people in my life. They don’t know anything about themselves”

“Then they went on to discuss other things because there is always something more to a person than what somebody else does to them.”

“I don’t judge others. I say if you feel good with what you’re doing, let your freak flag fly.”

“You’re a sulker, aren’t you?”A sulker? Akira had never had a sibling, but she recognized the type. He was a button-pusher. “And you’re a younger brother, aren’t you?”

“You’re always a kid around your parents… Unless they’re acting like children. Then you don’t get the chance.”