“In elementary school, my fourth-grade teacher told me I wasn’t allowed to use the word hate to describe the things I mildly disliked, but my dislike was never mild. It was fierce and all-encompassing. A rotten swell of emotion that burst out of me without warning.”
“Willow is hands-down the most amazing person I’ve ever met—compassionate, brave, unique, shy—and she doesn’t mind spending time with a loser like me.”
“In elementary school, my fourth-grade teacher told me I wasn’t allowed to use the word hate to describe the things I mildly disliked, but my dislike was never mild. It was fierce and all-encompassing. A rotten swell of emotion that burst out of me without warning.”