True Believer Quotes

“You get older
and you are a whole mess of things,
new thoughts, sorry feelings,
big plans, enormous doubts,
goling along hoping and getting disappointed,
over and over again,
no wonder I don't recognize
my little crayon picture.
It appears to be me
and it is
and it is not.”
― Virginia Euwer Wolff, True Believer

“I sure would like to get kissed.
How would that feel on my mouth,
How different would I be after,
a changed climate down in my insides?”
― Virginia Euwer Wolff, True Believer

“What does the cross mean?" I ask him.
"Crucifix. I don't know exactly. Jesus hanging in agony, nailed to boards. But it's a reminder."
"Of what?"
"Well. Of—Well, evil.
That evil's always gonna be around,
and you deal with it.”
― Virginia Euwer Wolff, True Believer

“And so I came on the discovery
with no warning.
Religion must be for trusting.
And trusting, what is that for?
I figured it out: It helps you go on
when you can't go on.”
― Virginia Euwer Wolff, True Believer

“We weren't put on Earth to exclude each other.”
― Virginia Euwer Wolff, True Believer

“In Biology Patrick and I were like two pencils in a box,
parallel but not alive to each other,
my guilty feelings stifling my common sense.”
― Virginia Euwer Wolff, True Believer

“You want my honest opinion?" she says.
I've already heard too many, but she goes ahead:
"LaVaughn, I like you for being uppity. That's partly why we're here. Right?"
"Huh?" I ask her.

"Here in this room we're obligated to be uppity.
That's our purpose here. We're supposed to change.
Those friends of yours can't appreciate you.
They don't know how.”
― Virginia Euwer Wolff, True Believer

“She isn't easy to have for a mom,
she has too many opinions for one family,
she can make me want to slam doors and stick out my tongue
but I don't do it because of the long run.”
― Virginia Euwer Wolff, True Believer

“You know how you want something so much
and you're afraid of it too?”
― Virginia Euwer Wolff, True Believer