It is very easy to say that the important thing is to try your best, but if you are in real trouble the most important thing is not trying your best, but getting to safety.

Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree on what they are made of, where they come from, or how often they should appear.

To stutter through it with you or even stop stuttering and say nothing, was so lucky and soft, better talk than mile-a-minute with anyone. After a few minutes we’d stop rattling, we’d adjust, we’d settle in, and the conversation would speed into the night.

The last safe place is safe no more.

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.

A mystery is solved with a story.

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