“I know—I know I said before I wasn't like you... It's not true. I'm enough like you to know how you feel. Wanting how others look, what they have, who they have! Everyone else's life seems so much easier... But that's all you know! What you want! You don't know what's going on inside anyone else's head.” EnvyJealousyInsecurityJealousConfrontationEnviousPeer PressureFitting InEasy LifeInsecurities Book:Anya's Ghost Source: Anya's Ghost
“Oh, please. I'm such a loser. The only thing that's different about me now versus then is that I got some better clothes and got rid of my accent. You'll probably lose yours, too. But even if you don't, this is just high school. Impressing a bunch of snooty teenagers is a pretty lame life goal to have.” High SchoolTeenagerImmigrantsTeenagersPeer PressureRussianFitting InImmigrant ExperienceRussiansHigh School Kids Book:Anya's Ghost Source: Anya's Ghost