read books. they speak the truth.

so i just started reading this book. and i just read this paragraph and i stopped reading immediantly after i read it to come and post it up here because it is completely true. it's from the book "Something Like Fate" by Susane Colasanti. it has a big purple couch on the front = awesome cover.

"In a school as small as ours, you know the names of everyone in your class. there are seventy-three people in our junior class. Most of us have got to school together since first grade. But that doesn't mean we actually know one another. I know people by their reputations and who they hang out with and how they act in class. These judgments aren't based on truth. You can't ever know the real anybody unless you're friends with them. And sometimes not even then."

yeah. scary accurate.