Sublime

had been enrolled in six different elementary schools before entering the third grade.

John’s dad would sometimes say, “If you don’t open your mouth, then no one will know you’re stupid.” John and I had learned on our own that, similarly, if you don’t get caught, then no one will know you’re a troublemaker.

knew, bad behavior is intensely habit-forming when it is rewarded.

“Maybe, Josef, living safely is dangerous. Dangerous and deadly.”