One foot in front of the other, wasn't that the grownup way of solving problems? Surely he ought to be a grownup at his age.

The world demands I make good choices on no information, and then blames my maidenhood for my mistakes, as if my maidenhood were responsible for my ignorance. Ignorance is not stupidity, but it might as well be. And I do not like feeling stupid.

Bleeding ulcers run in my family, we give them to each other.

Growing up, I have discovered over time, is rather like housework: never finished.

Wikipedia is so dangerous. You go online to look up the definition of eclampsia, and three hours later you find yourself reading this earnest explanation of tentacle porn in [Japanese] anime.

Honesty is the only way with anyone, when you'll be so close as to be living inside each other's skins.

An honor is not diminished for being shared.