""...BUT THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, I'M WIRED."" PAGE 3

"...YOUR DAD'S SUCH A NERVOUS WRECK HE COULDN'T STAND STILL LONG ENOUGH TO LINE UP FOR FREE MEDICINE DOWN AT THE CLINIC." PAGE 10

"JOEY, IF YOU SLIP ANYMORE, SCHOOL JUST MIGHT LET YOU SLIP AWAY LIKE WATER DOWN A DRAIN AND THE CLASS WILL CONTINUE ON AS IF YOU NEVER EXISTED" PAGE 29

""SHE WAS CRYING BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS BECAUSE SHE DRANK TOO MUCH OR IF IT WAS JUST THE EVERYDAY SADNESS OF HER LIFE WITH ME."" PAGE 50

""MY LEGS WERE PUMPING. I WAS READY TO RUN A CIRCLE AROUND THE ENTIRE WORLD."" PAGE 62

""ALREADY I WAS THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING I COULD DO DURING THE DAY THAT WOULD MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE BECAUSE OF ME, JOEY PIGZA."" PAGE 70

""MRS. JARZAB PULLED A KLEENEX OUT OF THE BOX AND USED IT TO PICK UP MOM'S LIKE SHE WAS PICKING UP SOMETHING FILTHY."" PAGE 78

""I HAD ALWAYS WANTED A DOG. A LITTLE DOG THAT LOOKED JUST LIKE ME. A JOEY DOG. A NICE, SPRINGY DOG. A GOOD DOG."" PAGE 88

'...THE SIDE DOOR SLAPPED OPEN AND A TINY PLATFORM LOWER TO THE GROUND AS THE ENTIRE BUS LEANED TO ONE SIDE LIKE AN ELEPHANT KNEELING DOWN ON ONE KNEE" P89

""IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HAVING A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS, IT'S ABOUT WHAT IS IN OUR HEADS."" PAGE 106N

""...I JUST DO. YOU'RE MY MOM AND I DO. ANYWAY, YOU LOVE ME AND I'M MESSED UP IN THE HEAD FOR LIFE."" PAGE 126

""THE WAY SHE SAID HOME MEANT THAT IT WAS OUR HOME. THE ONE WE HAD MADE FOR OURSELVES WITHOUT DAD."" PG 138

""I GUESS THAT IS WHAT GETTING BETTER WILL DO TO A PERSON: MAKE YOU FORGIVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN MEAN TO YOU."" PG 145

""YOU GOTTA FACE THE HAND YOU'RE DEALT AND DEAL WITH IT, AND MAKE YOUR PROBLEMS BE THE SMALLEST PART OF WHO YOU ARE.""