Because you don't notice the light without a bit of shadow. Everything has both dark and light. You have to play with it till you get it exactly right.

On TV, talking heads wrung their hands over a lack of traditional feminine values and wondered if girls’ sports were to blame. Then they cut to a commercial featuring a sexy college coed vacuuming her dorm room in her underwear.

For once, Evie didn’t know what to say. She hadn’t really thought of her uncle as very human. He was more like a textbook who occasionally remembered to put on a tie. But it was clear that he was, indeed, human, with a deep wound named Rotke.

They misspelled 'party.' How evil genius can they be?

My dad was a Presbyterian minister. Yes, I am one of those dreaded P.K.s - Preachers Kids. Be afraid.

Maybe that's what real friendship is -- getting so used to people that you need to be annoyed by them.

People see what they want to see when they need to.