Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.

The lower you fall, the higher you'll fly. The farther you run, the more God wants you back.

The most boring thing in the entire world is nudity. The second most boring thing is honesty.

The religious school she went to, growing up, Ms. Wright said how all the girls had to wear a scarf tied to cover their ears at all times. Based on the biblical idea that the Virgin Mary became pregnant when the Holy Spirit whispered in her ear. The idea that ears were vaginas. That, hearing just one wrong idea, you lost your innocence. One detail too many and you’d be ruined. Overdosed on information.

At the last minute, I couldn't wear the Hitler mustache because Tiger Stripe ate it; and then I didn't want to take my kitty and risk his coughing up some big Nazi hairball on someone's front stoop.

People used what they called a telephone because they hated being close together and they were scared of being alone.

Don't write about your most emotionally charged moment as a learning thing.