“Uno nods, looks out over his high school football field again. He knows deep down he would never kill himself. He likes being alive. Even if he knows the things that happen to him aren't always good. It doesn't matter. He wants to be alive. And not only that, he wants to see who he is. Like somebody from the outside can.”
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Matt de la Peña,
Mexican WhiteBoy
“A book is bigger than a book. A book can be in more places than I can ever be. Who knows what impact it might have?” ― Matt de la Peña, You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell
“A book is bigger than a book. A book can be in more places than I can ever be. Who knows what impact it might have?” ― Matt de la Peña, You Can't Say That!: Writers for Young People Talk About Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Have to Tell
