The only things you can truly love after such a short time are ice cream flavors and comfortable shoes.

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

As if finding a guy to solve your problems isn't a contradiction of terms.

I don't care what you Yanks say, cheese should not whiz.

Madame Bellwings, Memoir Elf Coordinator, was not at all pleased with this request, because elves who write the memoirs of teenage girls have the habit of returning to the magical realm with atrocious grammar. They can't seem to shake the phrases "watever" and "no way," and they insert the word like into so many sentences that the other elves start slapping them...and for no apparent reason occasionally call out the name Edward Cullen.

The problem was that I'd never worn a bikini before. My dad doesn't allow them. He thinks even one-pieces show too much skin and constantly suggests that Jane and I wear wet suits.

I didn't bother to explain about the glitter in my hair. I figured they could think it was a family trait. We all glittered, just like the Cullens in Twilight.