Quote 10
I just remember walking between them and feeling for the first time that I belonged somewhere. (4.14.11)
So happy together! A sense of belonging is so important in high school, even more for someone like Charlie. And his friends are able to give him that.
Quote 11
Patrick said that Brad was pretending to be a lot more stoned than he really was. (2.1.14)
Brad, who is having a difficult time coming to terms with his homosexuality, uses drugs and alcohol as an excuse for his behavior. You know things are bad when you're willing to admit to drug use instead of just coming out of the closet.
Quote 12
Maybe my whole family has been high, and we just don't tell each other these things. (2.12.44)
Pot is on the brain, it seems. Drugs are everywhere in Charlie's life, so much that he thinks his family might be in on it, too.