What's your favorite book? "The last one I read.

And even if she says no, and really means yes, then quite frankly she's playing games and isn't worth the price of dinner.

Everyone else is either asleep or having sex. I’ve been watching cable television and eating jello.

To tell you the truth, I've just been avoiding everything.

but my dad said it was no excuse. "But I love him!" I had never seen my sister cry that much. "No, you don't." "I hate you!" "No, you don't." My dad can be very calm sometimes. "He's my whole world." "Don't ever say that about anyone again. Not even me." That was my mom.

I didn't feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour long commercial that advertised an exercise machine. They kept flashing a 1-800 number, so I called it. The woman who picked up the other end of the phone was named Michelle. And I told Michelle that I was a kid and did not need an exercise machine, but I hoped she was having a good night. That's when Michelle hung up on me. And I didn't mind a bit.

If the advice is simply to respect yourself and follow the path that you want to follow, that would be the best advice I could ever pass on.