An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (The Carls, #1)

by Hank Green

My parents have always been supportive and without expectations, which is pretty much all a kid can ask for.

“When you’re faced with something you don’t understand, I think the most natural thing but also the least interesting thing you can be is afraid,”

Power only does all its business of empowering when it’s perceived as a difference between the power of those nearby and, even more important, the power one previously had.

You can only do so much pretending before you become the thing you’re pretending to be.