The electricity came on for the second time today wile we were eating. This may be a fool's paradise, but it's a paradise nonetheless.

If God wanted a world filled with saints, He never would have created adolescence.

I'm 16 years old. Let me get my learner's permit first. then I'll worry about lifetime commitments

But today when I am 17 and warm and well fed, I'm keeping this journal for myself so I can always remember life as we knew it, life as we know it, for a time when I am no longer in the sunroom.

Librarians! Librarians always know how to find out things. That was their job even before the Internet.

What's the point of God making us human if He doesn't want us to act like we're human?' 'To see if we can rise above our natures,'Megan said.

I thought about how unlikely it was I would ever meet any guy,fall in love, get married, have babies. Especially since I was going to spend the rest of my life in the cellar, where, in the not too distant future, I'd turn into a toadstool. I hoped I'd be the poisonous variety.