I think when you're 16, if you have good parents, they generally just fade in the background. I had great parents, and because they were great, I thought very little about them in high school.

feeling - probably for the first time in my life - the fear and excitement of living in a place where you never know what's going to happen or when.

All sorts of yayness floods my brain. Love is such a drug.

I was struck by an awful thought, the kind that cannot be taken back once it escapes into the open air of consciousness; it seemed to me that this was not a place you go to live. It was a place you go to die.

The easiest way to solve a mystery is to decide that there is no mystery to solve.

I'm so proud of you that it makes me proud of me. I hope you know that.

"Why are breakfast food breakfast foods?" I asked them. "Like, why don't we have curry for breakfast?" "Hazel, eat." "But why?" I asked. "I mean seriously: How did scrambled eggs get stuck with breakfast exclusivity? You can put bacon on a sandwich without anyone freaking out. But the moment your sandwich has an egg, boom, it's a breakfast sandwich."