Significant Quotes From The Novel 'Okay For Now'

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In the novel, Okay for Now there are a various amount of significant quotes with different meanings behind them. The quote I chose was “Do you ever wonder what it's like to be so angry that you...And then something happens, and after that, everyone figures that's what you're like, and that's what you're always going to be, and so you just decide to be it? But the whole time you're thinking, Am I going to be like him? Or am I already like him? And then you get angrier, because maybe you are, and you want…” When I was reading the novel this quote really stood out to me. Sometimes people are judged by other people on one or two “bad” things that they say or do. I think this quote means that sometimes you can be caught up in the moment, and do

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