When he smiled, something strange happened to my insides. It was like they turned to liquid.

To achieve self actualization, do good things for other people that you would want to be done onto yourself

Jesse, this is Craig. Craig, Jesse. You two should get along. Jesse's dead, too.

One of the biggest motivations for me with writing my books is to offer girls some escapism, especially girls who really need it, like I did.

You just said you were sorry." ... "I was only apologizing," he said stiffly, "for startling you. The applause was to compliment you on the improvement in your life-saving techniques since the last time you-

Needless to say, the fact that he actually spoke to me at all practically caused me to pass out. And then the fact that he was actually saying something that sounded like it might be a prelude to asking me out - well, I nearly threw up. I mean it. I felt really sick, but in a good way.

Mr. Greer timed all our speeches with an oven timer. Things were nothing at Tribeca Alternative, considered one of Manhattan's finest prep schools, if not high tech.