Go see old virgins! Now ask a strange boy out, you shy, Retarded thing!

You don't know me yet," I said. "Rory was telling me she lives in a swamp," Charlotte said. "That's right," I said, turning up my accent a little. "These are the very first shoes I've ever owned. They sure do pinch my feet." Jerome gave a little snort.

Lies are a tremendous karmic setback. Keep it up and you'll come back in the next life as something without a spine. You're not fine. And you don't have to be fine.

It was almost funny. Life seemed downright accidental in its brevity, and death a punch line to a lousy joke.

Fear can't hurt you," she said. "When it washes over you, give it no power. It's a snake with no venom. Remember that. That knowledge can save you.

The kids I talk to are readers, and the craziest, the most dedicated readers you will ever see.

I may have been a complete lunatic, but I was a complete lunatic with manners.