Dig.

by A.S. King

A man who prides himself on his ancestry is like the potato plant, the best part of which is underground. —Spanish proverb

I’m pleading with my loved ones to wake up and love more. —Kate Tempest

I'm glad the potatoes are already present. It seems promising for the rest of the book. Is it weird that I'm so fixated on potatoes? That was just a really big selling point for me, so I'll feel cheated if there's not enough potatoes.

He gives no fucks. Jake never gives any fucks. It was once suggested that the school should rename the in-school suspension room the Jake-Marks-Gives-Zero-Fucks Room.

Okay, while the writing of this part is objectively bad, it's also fucking hilarious, so I'll forgive it

He sounded like he was heading to church. His voice was the choir. Soft, understanding, sorry.

I don’t know how to stop the variables.

She has trouble telling the truth.

Who cares where we dream?

He says it makes him feel warmer. I think this is why I like Mike.

Control the brain, and the rest is easy.”

Ever since I could tally myself, I am half here.

The question is: What am I even doing here?

maybe the answer is to constantly do things and never get anywhere.

I’m sixteen years old and the only constant in my life other than my mother is our potato pot. The answer has something to do with potatoes. It has to.

The Freak knows the bitches. All the bitches. The Freak is in tune with the bitch playbook.

This is not nearly as funny as the “no fucks to give” passage

A man I never met—a man whose name I don’t even know—he’s crippled everything about me.

If you ask me, it’s ironic that our ancestors were able to avoid poisoning themselves on the plants, and yet rose to poison the whole world with themselves.”

Marla had her own robins and sometimes she cried about them, too.

this makes him the biggest fag that ever lived.

This was published in 2019 WHY are we still using homophobic slurs???

No contact with the children because we want them to thrive.

Dead is dead.

Air travel turns normally sane people into animals.

He’s trying to finish the puzzle before it finishes him.

Everyone knew James was gay. Just nobody seemed to know he was depressed.

This generation are a bunch of spoiled brats. Harry failed with this kid. Harry is a failure. He’s even failing at staying alive, that’s how much of a failure he is. He can’t even stay alive to raise this boy.

Marla is the worst

“Gimme a cheeseburger and fries with a Coke.”

What Arby's sells cheeseburgers?

I pity anyone who says gimme. The world is going to be a giant disappointment for you.

Gimme-gimme-gimme: the battle cry of millions of people every day. People who want.

We’re all products of convenience.

My birth canal was coated in cravings.

Is there a single adult who ISN'T bigoted? I mean, I get that people like this really do exist, but is anyone just decent? Also, for an author touted for "really understanding today's teenagers," this author really doesn't get teenagers

“I really like you,”

You've spent a grand total of ten minutes with her...

Tradition gets away with lots of shit around here.

“No one wants a challenge after they die,

We do what we do to get what we need.

Growing up ruins everything.

She hugs like a baby robin eats. Desperate and determined.

People on coke are awful.

maybe we’re all walking around heartbroken because we just want to be loved in a way that isn’t even possible.

She’s a human, not a door.

I love Eleanor because I’m alone in the world. And that’s no reason to love anyone.

Marla hasn’t been the same since she fell.

she has to see these people she made—people who don’t really love her. Or people she doesn’t really love. She can’t figure out which came first.

The Freak is missing, but really she’s not. The parents inside the house would tell you that this is what made their family a broken mess, but it isn’t. The Freak knows this family was a broken mess before she ever went missing.

I KNEW IT

Truth isn’t so bad once you look at it. It’s like throwing up after drinking a whole fifth of bourbon. It’s a purging that makes you feel better, not worse.

I wanted a family, not another mystery. But maybe all families are mysteries.

Taking things for granted is the privilege of existence.

We have names. We’re just so used to being labeled, we took to it.

Belief systems are all pretty much the same if you peel back the layers.

News shows and conspiracy theories. Rape jokes and dank memes.

One of these things is not like the others, and it's the one who thinks people still use "dank" in 2019