A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded.

Most schools have a loud system of loud bells, which startle the students and teachers at regular intervals and remind them that time is passing even more slowly than it seems.

I have a dream of what would have happened if what happened instead hadn't.

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.

It was a curious feeling, that something could be so close and so distant at the same time.

-Most people would say that she's beautiful. -That's because she's been with most people.

People worry more about girls, for a good reason: I don't think my parents thought I was going to be raped by a classmate or attacked when I was walking alone in some neighborhood. So it's not just paranoid parents.