Her mom and dad are both doctors and want her to follow her dream, not turn out the way they have, no matter how much it costs them.

If people thought you were dying, they gave you their full attention.

Maybe self-improvement isn't the answer, maybe self-destruction is the answer.

Personal identity seems like it's just such an American archetype, from Holly Golightly re-inventing herself in 'Breakfast At Tiffany's' to Jay Gatsby in 'The Great Gatsby.' It seems like the sort of archetypal American issue. If you're given the freedom to be anything, or be anyone, what do you do with it?

The same as real life, there is no happily ever after.

Potassium cyanide," says the talent wrangler as she leans over to pick up a paper napkin off the floor. "Found naturally in the cassava or manioc roots native to Africa, used to tint architectural blueprints in the form of the deep-blue pigment known as Prussian blue. Hence the shade 'cyan' blue.

The girl's lover was gone, but his shadow was still there.