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“To my son Dylan. I’ve written this book for you. It’s a guide for how not to live your life. I’m sending it out into the world in the hopes that someday it will find you. Even if I never do. All my love, Dad”

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Book:Take Me There

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In 'Take Me There', the protagonist embarks on a series of travels, each stop offering a new perspective on life's complexities. The narrative intertwines personal growth with the beauty of different landscapes, creating a rich tapestry of emotional and philosophical insights. more

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“What happened?” “I tried to be somebody different from who I am and it didn’t work out.” “The world ain’t set up that way. Folks say we oughta be better than we are, but deep down they just want us to stay in our places. With our own kind. Messes up the natural order, otherwise.”

Wade Dylan Dawson

Book:Take Me There

Source: Take Me There

“Did you know that seventy-five to eighty percent of juvenile offenders can’t read at grade level?” “Really?” This was news to me. “Your world becomes a much smaller place if you can’t read. You have far fewer options. It’s not the only factor, but it’s a big one. If they want to know how big to build a prison, all they have to do is look at the illiteracy statistics.” “They knew I was coming.” “You or someone like you.” “You knew it too, all those years ago, back in Quincy. That’s why you tried to help me. Because you knew I was coming here.” “Here or someplace like here.”

Book:Take Me There

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“Loyalty cannot be born where honesty is absent; it grows where honesty takes root.”

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Book:The Light in the Heart

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“I have a class in Hermosa Beach that starts at eight, but …” I wanted to offer to pick up her car, drive her back to Hermosa Beach, take her to the moon.”

Jessica Dylan Dawson

Book:Take Me There

Source: Take Me There

“Dude, there should be a law against people singing that bad.”

Wade Dylan Dawson

Book:Take Me There

Source: Take Me There

“Where we goin’?” Wade whispers to me as we approach the white picket fence that surrounds the row of wooden crosses. For all I know my grandmother could be planning to shoot us and bury us with the rest of the family, but I don’t think it would help to share this notion with Wade”

Wade Dylan Dawson

Book:Take Me There

Source: Take Me There

“When I get to the part about Jess kissing me on the Fourth of July and taking me to her beach house,I look at my father and wonder what it is like, seeing people only through a wall of glass. Never touching them.”

Book:Take Me There

Source: Take Me There

“Hey, aren’t you that guy who fixes cars?” Katie asked, looking at my grease-covered work pants as if she couldn’t believe I ever left the garage. “Yeah, they let me out every now and then,” I said.”

Book:Take Me There

Source: Take Me There

“As soon as I left one town, I was in another, each one a totally different world, as if an invisible box surrounded its edges, keeping everybody in their proper place. The rich stayed rich. The poor stayed poor. The troublemakers stayed in trouble.”

Book:Take Me There

Source: Take Me There

“I was taking a nap in the theater one day while I ditched English, when I looked up and saw Jess on the stage. I had to pinch myself, because I figured either I was dreaming or else I’d died and gone to heaven—which given my history was probably not where I’d end up.”

Book:Take Me There

Source: Take Me There