“I always feel super uncomfortable when it's like ah, there probably has to be a sex scene. I feel really bad and then always look around to see if anyone is watching me while I'm writing. I want to apologize to people who have to read those sex scenes, but I feel like it's part of the characters life, it's important.” PeopleIfsWantFeelsWritingLooksImportantCharacterSexSceneUncomfortableApologizing Author:Joe Meno
“Do not be confused by what the natural world knows: We are all, in our own way, completely and totally alone. If love is real, it is complete and total failing of the intellect. It is utter self-destruction. It is pandemonium.” IfsKnowsWorldWayRealSelfNaturalLove IsFailingDestructionIntellectConfusedNatural WorldSelf DestructionPandemonium Book:The Boy Detective Fails Source: The Boy Detective Fails
“After school the very next day, El Rey's mobile home was gone. I laid in bed and wondered what happens to people when they go, if they become like shadows, if they fade away when they disappear from your life. The only thing I could see was the broken picket fence. The only sound I could hear was the cry of birds being killed in the night.” PeopleIfsHomeHappensSchoolNightNextSoundGoneCryBrokenBedBirdShadowDisappearFadesNext DayFenceMobileFade AwayAfter SchoolPicket Fences Author:Joe Meno