Most places we leave in childhood grow less, not more, fancy.

A part of adolescence is feelimg that there's no one else around who's enough like youself to understand you.

Safer than we are.” I told Franny. “Safer than love.” “let me tell ya kid,” Franny said to me, squeezing my hand. “Everything’s safer than love.

O God — please give him back! I shall keep asking You.

Every American should be forced to live outside the United States for a year or two. Americans should be forced to see how ridiculous they appear to the rest of the world! They should listen to someone else's version of themselves--to anyone else's version! Every country knows more about America than Americans know about themselves! And Americans know absolutely nothing about any other country!

He was one of those people things came easily to, but he did little to demonstrate that he deserved to be gifted.

Children are most impressed with the importance of a moment when they witness a parent breaking the parents' own rule.