Wonderful. What's the point of throwing a hissy fit without friends and family on hand to hear it?" -Amy Cahill

Where's Amy?" Ian put in. "Will you please get her to call that Evan character? He rings here twenty times a day. He's either the most mule-headed person who ever lived, or he really likes your sister. She has to have mercy on him–on all of us!

What did Romeo and Juliet do?” They died,” I remind her gently. “Some mix-up with the poison-

Oh, no-" They weren't even on the runway, and Jonah's father was already immersed in his BlackBerry. "Remember those 'Live Large with the Wiz Generation' posters? Well, guess how that translates into Chinese- 'Jonah Wizard Makes Your Ancestors Fat'.

Global warming doesn't care what's in your bank account." -Sinead Starling

Nellie grinned. "I always wanted to go to Venice. It's supposed to be the romance capital of the world." "Sweet," put in Dan. "Too bad your date is an Egyptian Mau on a hunger strike." The au pair sighed. "Better than an eleven-year-old with a big mouth.

In our family, you don't get a childhood. We're too busy trying to dominate the world.