You made me lose my appetite, Boomer." "My mom tells me that all the time. Your family must be just like mine!

It's only a game if there is an absence of meaning. And we've already gone too far for that.

There are many things that can keep you in a relationship," I say. "Fear of being alone. Fear of disrupting the arrangement of your life. A decision to settle for something that's okay, because you don't know if you can get any better. Or maybe there's the irrational belief that it will get better, even if you know he won't change.

He was attractive. I knew that. And I knew that attractive people always got away with things.

I was horribly bookish, to the point of coming right out and saying it, which I knew was not socially acceptable. I particularly loved the adjective bookish, which I found other people used about as often as ramrod or chum or teetotaler.

If smart people are parodying it, that's a sure sign that some less smart people are believing it.

The secret to living long is to have something to live for.