You must walk alone to find your soul.

Censorship is the child of fear and the father of ignorance.

I handed my tools. The two of them reached down to help me out of the crater I'd dug. ''Isn't that a little deep?'' Yoda asked. ''It'll help the roots get established,'' I explained. ''Established where? China?

Some adults would rather pretend that bad things dont exist than to talk about them.

She offered herself to the big, bad wolf and didn't scream when he took the first bite.

Who wants to recover? It took me years to get that tiny. I wasn't sick; I was strong.

In one universe, they are gorgeous, straight-teethed, long-legged, wrapped in designer fashions, and given sports cars on their sixteenth birthdays. Teacher smile at them and grade them on the curve. They know the first names of the staff. They are the Pride of the Trojans. Oops – I mean Pride of the Blue Devils. In Universe #2, they throw parties wild enough to attract college students. They worship the stink of Eau de Jocque. They rent beach houses in Cancún during Spring Break and get group-rate abortions before prom.