Homework is a term that means grown up imposed yet self-afflicting torture.

Ari smiled. The sun was shining, the weather was great, he was eating ice cream, and all his dreams were about to come true.

Being the leader means you have to make life or death decisions sometimes.

Meaning what? We're going to pretend nothing's going on? That's stupid. The only way to deal with any of this is to get it out in the open." Have you been watching Oprah again?

You mean other than the wings? I once ate nine snicker bars in a row without barfing. It was a record.

maybe, beauty, true beauty, is so overwhelming, it goes straight to our hearts.maybe it makes us feel emotions that are locked away inside

Yes," I said. "My name is seven-five-nine-nine-three-nine-ex-dash-one. Junior.