Quotes from Edward Bloor

But I can see. I can see everything. I can see things that Mom and Dad can't. Or won't.

You get as many chances as you want; as many as you dare to make for yourself.

Remember that, lad, if you never remember anything else. We all touch each other's lives, for better or for worse. So say the things you have to say to people while you still have the chance.

I had no night terrors. Maybe when your real life becomes the terror, there's just nothing left to dream about

A person is not really gone until everyone who knew them is gone.

Life is hard when you have no one to stick up for you. People push you around, purely because there's no one to stop them from pushing you around.

But be careful about the parts you agree to play...You never know when one is going to stick.

There are a lot of sad stories. It seems like everybody has one to tell.

History repeats itself only in that, from afar, we all seem to lead exactly the same life. We are all born; we all spend time here on earth; we all die. But up close, we have each walked down our own separate paths. We have stood at our own lonely crossroads. We have touched the lives of others at crucial points, for better or for worse. In the end, each of us has lived a unique life story, astounding and complicated, a story that could never be repeated.

All of our time, energy, and money go into keeping people away from us, into building up walls. What if we didn't do that? What if we became part of the world around us? What if we used all of that time, energy, and money for something else? For a greater good? We would no longer be people who were only worth a trash bag full of ransom money. We would be people who were worth something real.

Life is complicated. You don't only have two simple choices: drunk or teetotaler; saint or sinner. It's more complicated than that.

But I can see. I can see everything. I can see things that mom and dad can't. Or won't.

Once you've been taken, you usually have twenty-four hours left to live.

History repeats itself only in that, from afar, we all seem to lead exactly the same life. We are all born; we all spend time here on earth; we all die. But, up close, we have each walked down our own separate paths. We have stood at our own lonely crossroads. We have touched the lives of others at crucial points, for better or for worse. In the end, each of us has lived a unique life story, astounding and complicated, a story taht could never be repeated.

Now you, as a young person, may have no faith in your country, or in your church, or in your family. But you can still have faith in an ideal. If you have an ideal in front of you, you will never get lost on the journey of life. It is, after all, the journey that matters.

You shouldn't be too hard with little boys. You should treat them as precious, because that's what they are. —James Harker

I set the garbage bag down and leaned against the station wagon, staring east, directly into the rising sun. I'm not supposed to do that because my glasses are so thick. My brother, Erik, once told me that if I ever look directly into the sun with these glasses, my eyeballs will burst into flame, like dry leaves under a magnifying glass.

You know how to spell that? G-U-Z-M-A-N. Don't you go spelling my name wrong, or I'll have to mess you up.

Not remember? You've got to be kidding. Erik's flying banana-peel back-flop in the mud is the one thing about this game that everybody is going to remember.

I had no night terrors. Maybe when your real life becomes the terror, there's just nothing left to dream about

You get as many chances as you want; as many as you dare to make for yourself.