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“I’m probably half in love with a boy I don’t really like.”
― Gwen Hayes, Falling Under

“From the short story (and anthology containing it) DONNY DOESN'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE :

Donny acted like he didn’t hear me. “You can’t send your mom off into eternity looking like that, Artie. She wouldn’t like it.�� He reached into my mother’s casket, shoved his fingers into her mouth like it was the most logical thing in the world.

“Donny, you can’t --!��

“I’m just making her look right, Artie. It’s what she would want.�� He tugged hard at my mom’s lips. I knew they were cold because I had kissed them a few moments earlier, and for a moment I felt convinced my friend had completely lost his mind. But when I looked inside Mom’s casket I knew Donny had done something only a best friend would think to do. My mother was smiling again. And she looked just the way I remembered her, the way I would always want to remember her. I got so choked up I couldn’t talk for a few minutes.

Finally I managed, “My mother always told me you could make her smile.”
― Ken Goldman, Donny Doesn't Live Here Anymore

“Heartburn is how I recognize myself. It's how I know I feel like me." - Donny”
― Sharon Weil, Donny and Ursula Save the World