Destiny is not something that happens all at once-it's something that happens only in retrospect.

Me: "If you want me to be a teenager, don't send me to Support Group. Buy me a fake ID so I can go to clubs, drink vodka, and take pot." Mom: "You don't take pot, for starters." Me: "See, that's the kind of thing I'd know if you got me a fake ID.

She never acted as if she liked him all that much, but then she never acted as if she liked anyone all that much.

In general, watching children's television is a dark and surreal descent into madness where the characters on the screen talk directly to you.

All of us, poor & rich alike, have been conditioned by our upbringings. Impoverished men & women may become lulled into a state of "learned helplessness" without hope to change their lives. Likewise, the wealthy can walk in a state of "learned blindness" ignoring the desperation of the local & global poor.

The Venn Diagram of boys who don’t like smart girls and boys you don’t wanna date is a circle.

Our role as humans is to recognize the complexity of others.