that if you don't read nobody does

I'm not really sure what makes a book a 'classic' to begin with, but I think it has to be at least fifty years old and some person or animal has to die at the end.

It's not easy to writing thank-you notes for the stuff you didn't want in the first place.

Holly is the fourth-prettiest girl in the class, but the top 3 all have boyfriends. So a lot of guys like me are doing everything they can to get in good with her.

So if you want to find somebody to blame for the way i am, I guess you'd have to start with the public education system.

Then one day, this kid named Darren Walsh touched the Cheese with his finger, and that's what started this thing called the Cheese Touch. It's basically like the Cooties. If you get the Cheese Touch, you're stuck with it until you pass it on to someone else. The only way to protect yourself from the Cheese Touch is to cross your fingers.

Back in those days it was just me swimming around in the dark, doing back flips and taking naps whenever I want.