Everything's uglier close up," she said. "Not you," I answered.

I'm not embarrassed by my faith, and I'm also not embarrassed by my doubt.

Failing to grapple with complexity actually turns out to be a pretty bad life strategy.

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

It hurts because it mattered.

Nerd girls are the world's greatest under-utilized romantic resource.

We gotta do something about this frigging swing set,' he said. 'I'm telling you, it's ninety percent of the problem.