It's nice, this. The canal." He looks at me. "You." "I'll bet you say that to all the canals.

When the sun shines, you let it shine on you

I don't hate you. I don't think I ever really did. It was just anger. And once I faced it head-on, once understood it, it dissipated. -Mia

One day she told me that they'd decided that my gender was divvied into two neat piles-Men and Guys. Basically, all the saints of the world: Men. The jerks, the players, the wet T-shirt contest aficionados? They were Guys.

I’ve since come to understand that the universe operates on the same general equilibrium theory as markets.It never gives you something without making you pay for it somehow.

I like French fries," I say. I like French fries? I sound like a slow child in a made-for-TV movie.

Okay, maybe this was the meant to be: the universe I knew, loved nothing more than balance.