Because I withered under the glare of an actual invitation, I was a firm believer in preventive prevarication--in other words, lying early in order to free myself later on.

I am bigger than the box I'm in.

Wherever I went, I was on the wrong end of the stampede.

Hope and belief. I'd always wanted hope, but never believed that I could have such an adventure on my own. That I could own it. And love it. But it happened.

I was horribly bookish, to the point of coming right out and saying it, which I knew was not socially acceptable.

Listen to me: I never married because I was too easily bored. It's an awful, self-defeating trait to have. It's much better to be too easily interested.

When in doubt, ingest carbs.