Things Are Rough All Over.

It Was Too Vast A Problem To Be Just A Personal Thing. There Should Be Some Help, Someone Should Tell Them Before It Was Too Late. Someone Should Tell Their Side Of The Story, And Maybe People Would Understand Then, And Wouldn’t Be So Quick To Judge A Boy By The Amount Of Hair Oil He Wore.

I Advise Writing To Oneself. If You Don't Want To Read It, Nobody Else Is Going To Read It.

You Still Have A Lot Of Time To Make Yourself Be What You Want. There's Still Lots Of Good In The World. Tell Dally. I Don't Think He Knows.

Asleep, He Looked A Lot Younger Than Going-on-seventeen, But I Had Noticed That Johnny Looked Younger When He Was Asleep Too, So I Figured Everyone Did. Maybe People Are Younger When They Are Asleep.

You Know A Guy A Longtime, And I Mean Really Know Him, You Don't Get Used To The Idea That He's Dead Just Overnight.