I'm sort of...coming off a bad relationship," "When did it end?" "Slightly before it started.

I don’t trust anybody. Not anybody. And the more that I care about someone, the more sure I am they’re going to get tired of me and take off.

For the first time in weeks, Park didn't have that anxious feeling in his stomach on the way home from school, like he had to soak up enough Eleanor to keep him until the next day.

The squirrels on campus were beyond domestic; they were practically domestically abusive.

She heard the very beginning of a smile in his voice--a fetal smile--and it very nearly killed her.

I was in my mid 20s when email finally took off. Until then, the phone was my primary way of connecting with the people in my life.

I don't like hello. It makes me sound like I have dementia, like I've never heard a phone ring before and I don't know what's supposed to happen next. Hello?