There are two types of panicking: standing still and not saying a word, and leaping all over the place babbling anything that comes into your head.

Historically, a story about people inside impressive buildings ignoring or even taunting people standing outside shouting at them turns out to be a story with an unhappy ending.

Never mind what my name is,” the man said. “No one can pronounce it anyway. Just call me Sir.

Here we are at the bottom, almost empty. It's like confetti, these dried remnants you find in the street for a party no one invited you to. But they used to be, I can admit, part of something beautiful.

Friends can make you feel that the world is smaller and less sneaky than it really is, because you know people who have similar experiences.

There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.

[I]t was the color of someone buying you an ice cream cone for no reason at all.