You made her apologize for sickness. For her courage. You made her feel sorry for dying.

I was someone who really loved fantasy novels and science fiction novels.

Certain elements of teen life that, 10 years ago, were very important to me still, are becoming less so as I get older. I mean, Ive kinda gotten over, I guess Im saying, the fact that I had trouble getting a date for the prom.

Then it was this big thing. She was like, 'I never want to see you again', and I was like, 'Fine. Okay? Fine. Then get some special goggles.

We Americans are interested only in the consumption of our products. We have no interest in how they are produced, or what happens to them once we discard them, once we throw them away.

I could see my face, crying, in her blank eye.

The natural world is so adaptable...So adaptable you wonder what's natural.