I am a freak in secondhand velour, a leper who uses L'Oreal Anti-sticky Mega Gel. I am rootless, ripped from all foundations, an orphan raising an orphan and wanting to take away everything there is and replace it with stuff I've made.

It was just an idea I had, that it could be cool to have a book covered in fake fur.

His lies were so exquisite I almost wept.

You know, it's been proven that 35 to 40 hours a year with one-on-one attention, a student can get one grade level higher

I need eight hours to get maybe 20 minutes of work done. I had one of those yesterday: seven hours of self-loathing.

The voice of the nickly reflection of the moon was not as deep as you might expect. It was a singer’s voice, though, a tenor, one that loved itself without reservation. “I feel time like you dream. Your dreams are jumbled. You can’t remember the order of your dreams, and when you recall them, the memories bend. Faces change. It’s all in puddles and ripples. That’s what time is for me.

Hello Frances, I have just been to health class, and I was wondering how your feminine parts were developing.