Culture Clash Dylan says when I meet his mother today I shouldn't mention that I'm Jewish. I say okay, but can I tell her about the HIV postive thing? He gives me a look. I give him one back Sonya Sones More Quotes by Sonya Sones More Quotes From Sonya Sones There’s something so great about this,” she whispers. About what?” I whisper back. About this,” she whispers. About being outlaws. It’s just you and me—against the world. Sonya Sones me-against-the-world outlaw world The only thing worse than not getting what you want, is getting it. Sonya Sones getting-what-you-want what-you-want want You're thinking I'm a hopelessly romantic idiot. And you know what? You're right. Sonya Sones idiot knows thinking But most days, I wander around feeling invisible. Like I'm a speck of dust floating in the air that can only be seen when a shaft of light hits it. Sonya Sones dust light air Ready or not, here I come I'm so tired of this dumb game of hide and seek Olly olly oxen free Show yourself, you're scaring me Come out, come out, where ever you are You've taken this thing way too far Sonya Sones oxen tired taken My parents are great listeners Which is why I never tell them anything Sonya Sones listeners parent I know this sounds incredibly lame, Sonya Sones lame sound sex The golden moment when I’m not yet awake enough to remember that there are things I would rather forget. Sonya Sones golden-moments forget remember To take estrogen or not to take estrogen: Sonya Sones cancer dream heart She flashes me a smile so devastating that it could even make an atheist believe in God. Sonya Sones believe-in-god atheist believe When we kiss, his lips on mine are like CPR-- breathing the life back into me. Sonya Sones cpr breathing kissing Friends don't let friends commit social suicide. Sonya Sones commit social suicide Sometimes I just know things. Sonya Sones knows sometimes Human beings tend to be conservative, so if you lie, you'll probably be closer to the truth. Sonya Sones conservative humans lying Walking with Murphy through the bone-freezing chill toward the bus stop, I start shivering. And somehow, when he slips his arm around me to warm me up, it feels right. Righter than anything ever has. Sonya Sones bus-stops arms chill We've turned off all the lights in the living room to make hand shadows. We've got this big flashlight aimed at the wall. I make the silhouette of my hand into a duck. Robin makes his into a rabbit. Now my duck kisses his rabbit And-POOF!- it turns into a turkey. And for some reason this strikes us as hysterically funny. But you probably had to be there. Sonya Sones wall kissing light I wish he hadn't gone and cut his hair. He looks about eight years old. His ears have tripled in size. Everyone's started calling him Dumbo. Which wouldn't be so bad, except they've started calling me Mrs. Dumbo. You can't even tell he's got curly hair anymore. There's nothing left to run my fingers through. Just this weird blond AstroTurf sprouting out of his skull. Sonya Sones curly-hair cutting running Madame V begins the lesson by reading aloud the first stanza of a famous French poem: Il pleure dans mon coeur Comme il pleut sur la ville; Quelle est cette langueur Qui penetre mon coeur? Then she looks up and without any warning she calls on me to translate it. I swallow hard, and try: "It's raining in my heart like it's raining in the city. What is this sadness that pierces my heart?" Saying these words out loud, right in front of the whole class, makes me feel like I'm not wearing any clothes. Sonya Sones reading rain heart But Lunch Isn't That Bad, Really Once I get used to having to eat with two people instead of one. Two people who have known each other for such a long time that they practically speak in code. Two people who are always saying, "Remember the time when this happened?" and "Remember the time when that happened?" (Which, of course, I never do, because I wasn't there.) Well, okay, it is that bad. It sucks, even. Sonya Sones lunch two long What my mother doesnt know wont hurt her Sonya Sones hurt mother knows
