He has always been the kid who cries too easily and laughs too easily, the kid who begins giggling in church for no reason at all, who blinks hotly in shame and frustration whenever he misses a question in class, living in an otherland of sparkling daydreams and imaginary catastrophes.
Kevin Brockmeier, A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip: A Memoir of Seventh Grade
catastrophes, crying, daydreams, laughing, life