However, because they have no actual interests of their own (or if they do, they squelch them in order to fit in) and merely pursue those that they think will look best on their college apps, they're zombies.

Lana looked at me like I’d just said I’d never watched Bring It On, or something.

I wish I had taken Spanish instead of French in high school. I could eavesdrop on a lot more conversations on the subway if I knew Spanish.

Why had I taken all those useless classes like bio and German when I should have been taking lipreading?

When I did see the story of Persephone, I was really drawn to it. Persephone, the goddess of spring, was kept from Olympus by her mother, Demeter, because Demeter was very worried that the gods of Olympus would do something terrible to her.

There are nice, funny, totally good-looking guys out there. You just have to know where to look…and apparently, where NOT to look.

I know. I seriously need to just give up men entirely. I wonder if Episcopalians can enter convents?