"I didn't know that other people thought things abou tme. I didn't know that they looked. And I started to cry. And nobody in that room looked at me weird for doing it. And then I really started to cry."
" I wonder if it's all a lie. A permanent record, I mean."
"You ever think, Charlie, that our group is the same as any other group like the football team? And the only real difference between us is what we wear and why we wear it?"
"There were other stories and other names. By the end, all I could think was what these people must feel like when they go to their class reunions. I wonder if they're embarrassed, and I wonder if that's a small price to pay for being a legend."
"It's strange to describe reading a book as a really great experience, but that's kind of how it felt. ...It wasn't like you had to search for the philosophy. It was pretty straightforward, I thought, and the great part is that I took what the author wrote about and put it in terms of my own life. Maybe that's what being a filter means. I'm not sure. ...'I would die for you. But I won't live for you.' Something like that. I think the idea is that every person has to live for his or her own life and then make the choice to share it with other people. Maybe that is what makes people 'participate.' I'm not really certain."
"I didn't say anything for a while because I didn't know what to say. And that was that. He just let me hear what he had to say in my own way and let things be. That was probably the best part."
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