All over school there are these certain places that are, like, reserved for certain people. You’re not supposed to cross certain lines. It’s this unwritten law like gravity or something. Like, in the basement near the north exit, there’s this boiler room where certain people will, like, go for, like, one reason. I’d never been there ever in my life.
Each card has a name. The Magician, the Empress, The Fool, The Wheel of Fortune, Strength. They represent challenges and tests. Twists of fate. No card is all good or all bad. Cards can be positive or negative, depending on where they fall. When you read someone’s future, they must think of a question. They must hold it in their mind. The cards are read in sequence. Each card leads to the next. We move from terror and loss to unexpected good fortune. And out of darkness, hope is born.
Walking into someone’s house for the first time is like entering another country. Not that I’ve ever been to another country.
When someone dies young, it’s like they stay that way forever, like a vampire.
Miss Lerner: Speaking of apparitions, where’s Catalano? Does anybody know Jordan Catalano?
Angela (voice over): “Does anybody know Jordan Catalano?” That question, like, got to me. I mean, I’d had seven conversations with him and one really bad kiss and one amazing one. But did I, like, know him?