K.L. Going Quotes & Sayings

When you're fat, people naturally assume you aren't committed. They think you're not disciplined because if you were disciplined you wouldn't let yourself get fat. A + B = C. — K.L. Going

Fat Kid Proverb #12: A clear choice is still worth agonizing over. — K.L. Going

Darleen studies her drawing, then she looks up.

'It's not that I don't believe you can get a B,' she says. 'I don't think you're half as dumb as you think I think you are.'

If I was smarter, I'm sure I could figure that out. — K.L. Going

Fat Kid Proverb #52: Never miss an opportunity to dissect a compliment. — K.L. Going

Doesn't it bother you that people don't get it?'

Pete starts to shake his head then he catches himself and holds still.

Nope,' he says. 'If you know what you love, it doesn't matter what other people think. Besides, people are challenged when they're uncomfortable. — K.L. Going

Then I Curt - a mirage in the distance. He's leaning against my locker surrounded by a small group of senior Goth kids. They're gathered around him in the same manner people gather around a gruesome car accident, gaping unbashedly, black figures profiled against red lockers, staring in a daze at what they could become(Going 29-30). — K.L. Going

You can't create love, Liam. You just have to take it wherever you find it. — K.L. Going