College wasn't like the real world. In the real world people dropped names based on their renown. In college, people dropped names based on their obscurity.

She thought a writer should work harder writing a book than she did reading it.

I think, especially when you're in college, each book that you're reading tends to tell you who you are.

Basically what we have here is a dreamer. Somebody out of touch with reality. When she jumped, she probably thought she'd fly

Grief is natural,' she said. 'Overcoming it is a matter of choice.

But I care about the reader, and I'm trying to keep the reader's attention for as long as I can.

He knew a lot about his grandparents - and perhaps he feels he's been endowed with abilities to go into people's heads who are long dead - but, to a certain extent, he's making it up.