Erin Gruwell

So when you're dead, you'll get respect, that what you think? [murmurs of "yeah" from the class] You know what's gonna happen when you die? You're gonna rot in the ground, and people are going to go on living, and they're going to forget all about you. And when you rot, do you think it's gonna matter whether you were an "original gangster"? You're dead. And nobody, nobody is gonna want to remember you, because all you left in the world is this. [holds up Tito's drawing]