“...You don't always get what you expect. I wish someone, sometime when I was growing up, would have told me what expectations would get me. ... Our parents, schools, everyone tells us things will be a certain way when we're adults and if they're not that way, we should make them be; or at least pretend. But after a certain point that just doesn't work.” IfsWayShouldSchoolCertainWishParentGrowing UpGrowingExpectationsAdults Author:Chris Crutcher
“I think the value in books like mine, and a great number by other talented writers, is in the ability to bring dark subjects into the open where they are not so dark, where they can be talked about and considered by teens and adults alike.” ThinkingBookValuesDarkAbilityNumbersSubjectsMinesAdultsTeens Author:Chris Crutcher
