## Metadata - Author: [[J.J. Walsh]] - Full Title: The Chowderhead Crusades - Category: #books ## Highlights - Those bastards had broken just about every bone in my body, collapsed my lung twice, and given me more concussions than I could remember—which kind of goes with the territory when it comes to concussions, but you know what I mean. ([Location 331](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08RCDDT86&location=331)) - “You know, Stan Lee always intended for Hulk to be gray—like he was in the first issue before the printing problems made them switch to green. Plus, ([Location 437](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08RCDDT86&location=437)) - The way he saw it, he treated her like a princess. In fact, that’s what he called her: Princess. Talk about messing with a kid’s mind. ([Location 498](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08RCDDT86&location=498)) - Life had always been a shit burger with no side of fries, and would be until I aged out. ([Location 702](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08RCDDT86&location=702)) - I remember waking up one night to hear my father shouting, “Professor X is an asshole! An asshole!” ([Location 725](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08RCDDT86&location=725)) - It hit me as it came out, like a haymaker from the Thing. ([Location 984](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08RCDDT86&location=984)) - Carts of monitoring computers were parked here and there. Like Jerry had said, they were very old—so old that some of them actually had keyboards. ([Location 1028](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08RCDDT86&location=1028)) - My romantic invitation to join forces stemmed from a profound feat of denial. ([Location 1040](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08RCDDT86&location=1040)) - I know now that I was hiding from what I really wanted, which was for her to love me back enough to give up her own dreams and help me win the U.A.T., to use as I saw fit. It wasn’t right, but the heart wants what the heart wants. And my heart was kind of an asshole. ([Location 1042](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08RCDDT86&location=1042))