“But the thing with a best friend is that you’re never talking about nothing. Even when you’re talking about nothing, it’s something. The times when you think you’re talking about nothing, you’re actually talking about how you have someone with whom you can talk about nothing, and it’s fine.” ChildrenKidsFriendsTeensBest FriendsBffsRayne DelilahJeff Zenter Book:Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee Source: Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee
“I still have a last-day-of-sixth-grade feeling. All year you’re excited for school to end so you can move on to junior high, but then the day comes and you realize that something that was an important part of your life is dying. And endings are still so new that you don’t know quite how to feel. You find an excuse not to run out the door when the bell rings and school’s out. You talk to your teacher one last time. You use the restroom one last time. You take a circuitous route back to your classroom. On your way out, you look back and sigh, and you experience this deep wishfulness, and you wonder if life is just a series of endings. New beginnings don’t make endings any easier.” ChildrenSchoolDeathTeensEndingsBeginningsJeff ZentnerRayne Delilah Book:Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee Source: Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee