You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it.

People are mostly hot to have a discussion when you're not.

She was wearing a canary-yellow two-piece bathing suit, one piece of which she would not actually be needing for another nine or ten years.

Some people you shouldn't kid, even if they deserve it.

Give me a story that just makes me unreasonably vigilant. Keep me up till five only because all your stars are out, and for no other reason.

Grand. There's a word I really hate. It's a phony. I could puke every time I hear it.

It was just terrible! And the worst part was, I knew what a bore I was being, I knew how I was depressing people, or even hurting their feelings- but I just couldn't stop! I just could not stop picking!