"I tried to shoot my friends a bolstering look as I went by, but they were too busy seeing their lives flash before their eyes to notice." Reed, "A Piece of Easton" pg. 64

"In my first few months at Easton, I had fallen in love for the first time, lost my virginity, made friends with the most popular girls at school...and stood by totally naïve while one of them brutally murdered my boyfriend. And that was only the beginning." Reed, "New Year" pg. 2

"Last year was over. Last year couldn't touch me. Those people were all gone. Transferred or committed or just gone. This year could be anything I wanted it to be." Reed, "New Year" pg. 2

"She was wearing a white blouse with short puffed sleeves and a black pleated mini. Her toenails were red, her fingernails pink, and her skin shone like a Jergens...