An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (The Carls, #1)

by Hank Green

I had pretty much spilled all the beans . . . all of my beloved and terrifying beans. A piece of advice: When you have beans like the ones I had, you should probably be more careful with them than I was. But then, suddenly I got some more beans.

Just because someone has power over you doesn’t mean they’re going to use it to hurt you. People who believe that tend to either be: People who have been victims of that sort of behavior, or . . . People who, if given power, will use it to hurt you.

I saw myself as a leader of the community, not a member. I had no idea what a messed-up perspective that was at the time.