Maybe they notice me wincing whenever I hear them say it, but I don't know: there are all sorts of reasons I could be wincing. Life is a wince-a-thon.
Frank PortmanGirls have all the same parts, basically, and so much of how they look depends on the attitude, expectations, and obsessions of those who are looking at them.
Frank PortmanThere's always a bit of suspense about the particular way in which a given school year will get off to a bad start.
Frank PortmanNormal: lacking in taste, compassion, understanding, kindness, and ordinary human decency.
Frank PortmanI was starting to realize the extent of the problem here: everyone is always lying to each other, and even when they're trying to tell the truth, it can still be misleading or wrong. In fact, it almost always is wrong from at least one angle. I mean, the truth is really just a better class of lie.
Frank Portman