{"quotes":[{"text":"I also have a list of favorite noises. It has one item on it: Kit's laugh.","author":"Julie Buxbaum","tags":["autism","high-school","romance"],"id":7303,"author_id":"Julie+Buxbaum"},{"text":"I feel like I might start crying and that I'm going to cry pee.","author":"John Green","tags":["high-school","humor","leaving","paper-towns","pee","young-adult"],"id":8415,"author_id":"John+Green"},{"text":"So strange that David Drucker of all people was the only one who said the exact right thing: Your dad shouldn't have died. That's really unfair.","author":"Julie Buxbaum","tags":["autism","friendship","grief","high-school"],"id":8803,"author_id":"Julie+Buxbaum"},{"text":"Grayson noticed me next to the lockers. He pointed at me then held his arms out magnanimously. “You’re welcome, new girl,” he said. “I just saved you from having to find a nice way to say no to the leg dragger.","author":"Laura Anderson Kurk","tags":["bullying","cruelty","glass-girl","high-school","meg-kavanagh","special-needs","thanet"],"id":8862,"author_id":"Laura+Anderson+Kurk"},{"text":"Most of my friends were in band, and most of my free time during school was spent within twenty feet of the band room.","author":"John Green","tags":["band","band-nerd","friends","high-school","nerd","social","young-adult"],"id":10841,"author_id":"John+Green"},{"text":"Look, this is helping me out quite a bit, but could you just get to the punishment part? We're at the end of World War Two in history, and I can't wait to find out who wins.","author":"Rob Thomas","tags":["high-school","snark","wit"],"id":13573,"author_id":"Rob+Thomas"},{"text":"My dad used to say, ‘This is what your right arm’s for, son,’” John said. “This is the time and these are the people and I’d give my right arm to be a light, a comfort, to them. I know you would, too. In whatever form it takes. Use these materials and make something great. Do it on faith, knowing you probably won’t be around to see how the story ends.","author":"Laura Anderson Kurk","tags":["dating","dedication","glass-girl","high-school","laura-anderson-kurk","long-distance-relationships","love","nicaragua","orphanage","perfect-glass","romance","sacrifice","teen-books","teen-fiction","volunteerism","wyoming","ya","young-adult-fiction"],"id":17315,"author_id":"Laura+Anderson+Kurk"},{"text":"It's just high school, man. Those guys are just high school guys, and in ten years they're going to be working for people like me. I know that. I just have to make it through two more years.","author":"Cynthia Hand","tags":["bullying","high-school","motivation","reality","suicide"],"id":22659,"author_id":"Cynthia+Hand"},{"text":"One of the privileges of being an athlete is that on days when I have practice and games, I’m present whether I’m present or not. It’s not fair, but that’s the system. What can I do about it?","author":"Erin O'Riordan","tags":["athletics","high-school","privilege","sports","unfairness"],"id":25036,"author_id":"Erin+O%27Riordan"},{"text":"It's as if once you hit high school, you're programmed, like a robot, to be an asshole to your parents.","author":"Sara Zarr","tags":["growing-up","high-school"],"id":28165,"author_id":"Sara+Zarr"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":201,"pages":21,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}