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"I think it's ridiculous to try to sell records to teenagers, because teenagers don't buy my records. And there ain't that many teenagers out there in the marketplace."
"I know, it's true. I've played these tortured teenagers. I can't wait to shed that image."
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"Ben walks in the room and asks, 'What were you guys doing? Nikki says 'Nothing at the same time I say, 'Your sister and I were just makin' out."
"Alex and Carlos-the tag team from hell. They're the last people I need shit from right now. If they decide to trail me, too, I'll have an entire entourage.'I'm fine.'Then sit up and talk to us.'Okay, in that case I'm not fine. Go away. I moan. 'Unless you want me to puke all over you."
"Maggie squeezes my hand. It's a silent message that everything will be okay. Somehow I believe her. In the end everything will be okay. But hurdles have to be jumped through first."
"Tofu tacos are not Mexican. I think putting tofu on anything and calling it Mexican is an insult to my people."
"You know those giant stuffed-animal prizes at the carnival? The kind practically nobody wins, except the lucky few? I've never won one.''Yeah. I've never won one, either.''Alex was my giant prize. I hated you for taking him away,' she admits.I shrug. 'Yeah, well, stop hating me. I don't have him, either.''I don't hate you anymore,' she says. 'I've moved on.'I swallow and then say, 'Me, too.'Carmen chuckles. Then, just as she walks out of the room, I hear her mumble, 'Alex sure as hell hasn't."
"Why shouldn't I be introspective? We dont' make sense.''Neither do Chocolate and Peanut Butter, but it somehow works.' He says 'Somehow the mixture of two things is genius."
"When they're together, the world could fall apart around them and they'd never notice or care as long as they have each other."
"Shelley,' I say. 'You should've let him win. You know, to be polite.' Shelley's response is a shake of her head. Applesauce drips on her chin. 'That's the way it's going to be, huh?' I say, hoping the scene doesn't gross Alex out. Maybe I'm testing him, to see if he can handle a glimpse of my home life. If so, he's passing. 'Wait until Alex leaves. I'll show you who the checkers champion is.'My sister smiles that sweet, crooked smile of hers. It's like a thousand words put into one expression. For a moment I forget Alex is still watching me. It's so weird having him inside my life and my house. He doesn't belong, yet he doesn't seem to mind being here."
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