Oftentimes. when people are miserable, they will want to make other people miserable, too. But it never helps.

There was still plenty of water in the basement, and I felt it soaking me from the knees on down. If someone wanted to torture me until I told them a critical piece of information, all they would have to do is get my socks wet. It feels terrible.

Accidents happen all the time.

For every teenager I know, having a phone is a mixed blessing, because your parents can press a button and figure out where you are.

You must be all a-tingle with excitement.' 'I guess so,' I said, but I did not feel a-tingle. I did not feel a-anything.

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.

The last safe place is safe no more.