“He says that sometimes our minds tell us all the ugliest things. That everything we do is useless, that everyone we know is better off without us.” He hesitated. “After Mother died I had a number of brown studies.” “Yes,” Phillip said. He put his hand on Ned’s shoulder and the boy did not flinch away. “As did I.” “The important thing, Mr. Sedgwick says, is to remember that during brown studies our minds are not particularly honest. That if you want to know the truth, you need to wait.”
