"I'm new here, and...I'm looking for a friend. A sort of, not embarrassed to be a sweaty, sporty sort of friend" (p. 2).

"Danny's dad must be super-rich to give him his own sweet convertible, as well as to buy the restaurant and big old Pederson house on the river" (p. 7).

"We're worth what we think we're worth in life, and if we think we're worth two cents people will treat us like we're worth two cents!" (p. 8).

"I'm beginning to feel trapped and suffocated in this gray, nothing, empty existence. I want out! I need lights, music, excitement!" (p. 45).

"I looked at him with unbelief. Before my eyes he had changed from Dr. Jekyll to Mr. Hyde...I started crying and he called me vile names. When I tried to fight him off, he slapped me across the face" (p. 54).

"I'm sitting at my window looking at...