People who say money doesn’t matter are like people who say cake doesn’t matter—it’s probably because they’ve already had a few slices.

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.

'Help me,' Allison says, but she is soft-spoken, and everyone she loves is so far away.

As I am sure you know, when people say 'It's my pleasure,' they usually mean something along the lines of, 'There's nothing on Earth I would rather do less.' [...]

It is very unnerving to be proven wrong, particularly when you are really right and the person who is really wrong is proving you wrong and proving himself, wrongly, right.

I decided that it might be interesting to have terrible things happen to orphans over and over again.

Frustration is an interesting emotional state, because it tends to bring out the worst in whoever is frustrated.