One of the jobs of a writer is to add nuance and ambiguity to that straight line that people often draw to very specific kinds of heroism. Most of us don't get to be Snooki. For most of us heroism has to be in our everyday lives.

The preciousness of the moment, which should make it easier to talk, makes it harder.

Those of us who frequent the band room have long suspected that Becca maintains her lovely figure by eating nothing but the souls of kittens and the dreams of impoverished children.

If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can't know better until knowing better is useless.

Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.

I hate the rich snots here with a fervent passion I usually reserve only for dental work and my father.

The rules of capitalization are so unfair to words in the middle of a sentence.