For that matter, thinking of one's self as exceptional is probably more the rule than not.

Notoriety is cheap. It's just easier to get noticed by doing something bad.

Half an ear cocked, something in me, all night, every night, is waiting for you to come home.

It's always the mother's fault, ain't it?" she said softly, collecting her coat. "That boy turn out bad cause his mama a drunk, or she a junkie. She let him run wild, she don't teach him right from wrong. She never home when he back from school. Nobody ever say his daddy a drunk, or his daddy not home after school. And nobody ever say they some kids just damned mean.

Reading time is precious. Don't waste it. Reading bad books, or books that are wrong for a certain time in your life, can dangerously turn you off the activity altogether.

Built like an oak tree, against which I could pitch my pillow and read; mornings, I could curl into the crook of your branches.

The most sumptuous experience of ingestion is in-between: remembering the last bite and looking forward to the next one.