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“Dad says I’m a late bloomer.'

'Maybe. Or maybe you’re blooming now, and you’re just not the kind of flower he was expecting.”
― Alex Gino, Rick

“Sometimes it's hard to see the worst in our friends, because it reminds us of the worst in ourselves" -Grandpa Ray”
― Alex Gino, Rick

“Think carefully about who you spend time with. The right people? Well, they can bring you great joy.â€�
“And the wrong people bring sadness?�
Grandpa Ray shook his head. “Not even. Sometimes the right people bring sadness too. The wrong people are the ones who keep you from being yourself.”
― Alex Gino, Rick

“Asexuality was definitely more complicated than kale.”
― Alex Gino, Rick

“It sounds silly in his head, but Grandpa Ray felt like family in a way that Rick had never noticed before and couldn't explain it. Dad, Mom, Diane, Thomas - they were all part of this family, of course. But Grandpa Ray? He felt like the pillow on the couch at home that said 'family is where you store your heart”
― Alex Gino, Rick

“The singular they has a rich history in English, and as I learned on one blog, it is more important to be respectful than to be right. I was caught up in the rules of grammar instead of the function of language. Thank you for educating me, and I hope that you’ll keep letting me know when I need to catch up to speed. And I’m going to do my best so that you won’t have to.”
― Alex Gino, Rick

“I hate that my best friend is a jerk.”
― Alex Gino, Rick

“and I want to apologize for my ignorance last week. The singular they has a rich history in English, and as I learned on one blog, it is more important to be respectful than to be right. I was caught up in the rules of grammar instead of the function of language. Thank you for educating me, and I hope that you’ll keep letting me know when I need to catch up to speed. And I’m going to do my best so that you won’t have to.”
― Alex Gino, Rick

“Think Like a Proton and Stay Positive and I Have to Make Bad Puns about Elements Because All the Good Ones Argon and one with a dozen roses that said Science and I Have Good CHEMISTRY.”
― Alex Gino, Rick

“Rick thought it was weird to call a person he had never met Grandma, but that’s how adults were.”
― Alex Gino, Rick