[Harriet] hated math. She hated math with every bone in her body. She spent so much time hating it that she never had time to do it.

I feel there's a funny little hole in me that wasn't there before, like a splinter in your finger, but this is somewhere above my stomach.

Writers don’t care what they eat. They just care what you think of them

People who love work, love life.

Harriet never minded admitting she didn't know something. So what, she thought, I could always learn.

You know what? You're an individual, and that makes people nervous. And it's gonna keep making people nervous for the rest of your life.

This was too much. "I refuse. I absolutely REFUSE to be an onion.