I think it's very pretty. Can it be pretty if no one thinks it's pretty? I think it's pretty. If you're the only one? That's pretty pretty. And what about the boys? Don't you want them to think you're pretty? I wouldn't want a boy to think I was pretty unless he was the kind of boy who thought I was pretty.

Being with him made my brain quiet. I didn't have to invent a thing.

Ironically, the utterly unselective omnivore -- "I'm easy; I'll eat anything" -- can appear more socially sensitive than the individual who tries to eat in a way that is good for society.

Of course food has an important cultural use in families, but there are things that have more important cultural uses in families, and broadening the conversation out simply from what's reasonable also allows in other things.

When you look up 'hilarious' in the dictionary, there's a picture of you.

The only thing more painful than being an active forgetter is to be an inert rememberer.

I started carrying blank books like this one around, which I would fill with all the things I couldn't say.