She had her addictions and one of them was reading.

New Yorkers, I figured, just pretended to be unfriendly.

No one expected you to amount to much," she told me. "Lori was the smart one, Maureen the pretty one, and Brian the brave one. You never had much going for you except that you always worked hard.

Look at the way you live. You've sold out. Next thing I know you'll become a Republican." She shook her head. "Where are the values I raised you with?

Anyone who thinks he's too small to make a difference has never been bit by a mosquito

I wanted to let the world know that no one had a perfect life, that even the people who seemed to have it all had their secrets.

Years from now, when all the junk they got is broken and long forgotten, you'll still have your stars.