Life would be fabric-softener, tuna-salad-on-white, PTA-meeting normal.

To me, these people were as exotic as animals in a zoo. I'd never seen anything like them. I wasn't sure whether I wanted to be one of them or simply live among them taking notes and photographs.

Should I just sit down, right here at carousel seven, and shake until somebody's arms are around me and they're saying, 'It's okay, I'm here, I'm here, come with me to the institute.

I don't believe in the concept of a soul mate. Because we are all unique, but we're also simply too similar.

Part of me believes that love is more valuable when you have to work for it.

God, I felt certain, did not mind that I didn’t press my hands together to pray. I was casual, but I was sincere. I knew that God existed as the Correct Answer inside my chest.

Like every child, I adored her. Until I formed a brain and got to know her.