Why is it upset? Shouldn't it be downset?

On the morning in question, she wore white shorts and a pink T-shirt that featured a green dragon breathing a fire of orange glitter. It is difficult to explain how awesome I found this T-shirt at the time.

He puts the killing thing in his mouth but doesn't give it the power to kill him.

I've read a lot of bad books. I used to review books for a living, and when you're a reviewer you read tons of terrible books.

The ideas of directing attention outward, trying to imagine other people complexly, trying not to see myself as the center of the universe - these concepts have become important to me, and I hope they're at work in my life on a minute-by-minute basis.

I'm just reveling in the glory of not having to hear the neediness and impotence of my own voice.

The Colonel explained to me that 1. this was Alaska's room, and that 2. she had a single room because the girl who was supposed to be her roommate got kicked out at the end of last year, and that 3. Alaska had cigarettes, although the Colonel neglected to ask whether 4. I smoked, which 5. I didn't.