There's only one racing strategy that matters.It's the one I run by: Get in the lead and don't let anyone pass you.

Prayers are answered in one of four ways,” she said. “Yes. No. I have something else in mind. And . . .” She paused long enough for my impatience to show. “And what’s the fourth answer?” “Wait,” she said.

The real world, whether we like it or not, is right here, right now. All of this, every day, is important. Everybody matters. Everything we do has an effect on other, directly or indirectly, whether we realize it or not.

He always loved her because of, not in sprite of, her flaws.

I'm in crisis. I'm about to bump with a five-foot chino-chicano.

You called me a natural con artist and asked me what other secrets I was hiding. I didn't answer because I already knew, in some deep, primal way, what furtive truth you were referring to: That I was destined to fall in love with you.

I’m not sure I’ll ever be finished. No matter how much I write, there will always be something I should’ve said.