Tuesday—we had school for the first time. Madame O’Malley had a moment…

John Green
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Tuesday—we had school for the first time. Madame O’Malley had a moment of silence at the beginning of French class, a class that was always punctuated with long moments of silence, and then asked us how we were feeling. “Awful,” a girl said. “En français,” Madame O’Malley replied. “En français. ✨ John Green (2015). Looking For Alaska Special 10th Anniversary Edition, p.118, Penguin
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