Aren't fairy godmothers supposed to be nice and make you feel better about yourself? ...No, you're confusing fairy godmothers with sales clerks.

New York is a nice place." "If you like concrete, crowds, and that claustrophobic, closed-in feeling.

That's the magic of books. They're never quite the same for any two people. When you read one, you automatically make it your own.

Adults are constantly telling teenagers that it's what's on the inside that matters. It's always painful to find out that adults have lied to you.

You need to be more careful, or you could hurt yourself." Right. Thank you, Mrs. Detweiler. I never would have come to that conclusion by myself. I was planning on incorporating a backflip into my next walk across the classroom but on second thought.

Perhaps I wasn't going crazy after all. Perhaps I was just becoming a writer.

Happy people are rarely interesting.