"I'm more worried about figuring out what I want to do if I live." Wesley "Bad Boy" Boone, p. 3

"School ain't nothin' but a joke." Tyrone Bittings, p. 7

"Life is cold. Future? What I got is right now, right here, spending time with my homeys." Tyrone Bittings, p. 8

"I could use me some future." Tyrone Bittings, p. 8

"Maybe it's time I just started being who I am." Devon Hope, p. 31

"For I am coconut / and the heart of me / is sweeter / than you know." Inside by Janelle Battle, p. 49

"Just be yourself." Amy Moscowitz, p. 104

"If a dream is in your heart, you never lose it." Steve Ericson, p. 116

"Last week, my English class was the world." Raynard Patterson, p. 129

"The world ain't but one big surprise after another." Tyrone, p. 128

"All I ever think about is now, because now hurts so bad." Sheila, p. 135

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