All right. Normal rules apply." "Right." The man walked off, leaving us. "What are the normal rules?" I asked. "He walks away and has a tea break and doesn't ask any questions.

because talent alone doesn't make an artist

I like to talk. Talking is kind of my thing. If talking had been a sport option at Wexford, I would have been captain. But sports always have to involve running, jumping, or swinging your arms around. You don’t get PE points for the smooth and rapid movement of the jaw.

And if we get caught, I will claim I made you go. At gunpoint. I am American. People will assume I'm armed.

I knew it was beautiful, but knowing something is beautiful and caring about it are two very different things, and I didn't care.

No one in history had ever done less and yet been so wrong.

Life is always going to be a series of ouch-making moments, and the question was, was I going to go all fetal position, or was I going to woman up? I went into fetal position on the bed to think about this. Fetal position turned out to be very comfortable.