Dying is the last thing I would EVER do!

I wasn't disappointed. My expectations had been met.

But I was not in the band, because I suffer from the kind of tone deafness that is generally associated with actual deafness

A drink this good deserves one's best posture.

Like all sick children,' he answered dispassionately, 'you say you don't want pity, but your very existence depends upon it.

You know what I hate? The outdoors. I mean, generally. I don't like outside. I'm an inside person. I'm all about refrigeration and indoor plumbing and Judge Judy.

I hated being careful, too - or wanted to, at least.