More people play soccer than the four of those sports put together, and the World Cup pits all nations against all nations, with almost every country on earth competing during the four years of qualif...
Mom wouldn’t be home until late, and both Georgia and Bear were asleep by nine—Georgia because she’s a kid, and Bear because he’s always so tired after a long day of NOT working. I’m
Max!' Nudge cried, rushing over to hug me. Her thin arms gripped me tight, and I hugged her back, scratching her wings where they joined her shoulders, the way she liked. 'We were so worried—I didn’t...
Margo, they're afraid of us. They're afraid of everything.' And then I kept on talking without really thinking, until it turned into a chant:They're afraid of change, and we must change.They're afraid...
Mahoney tooted the horn again.
Look, we're trying to explore other options to your retirement, the whitecoat said. You might be useful to us in other ways.Because we're not that useful dead,Nudge said thoughtfully.No, I agreed. Wel...
Listen up, I said urgently. It’s time to round up your gear. I’m gonna check in with Patrick, and then we’re getting the flock out of here. Ha-ha.
Life is such a miracle, a series of small miracles.It really is, if you learn how to look at it with the right perspective.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN… ME!
Keep your small mind open, said Nana, wagging a crooked pinkie finger at Jannie. That’s if you ever want it to grow bigger and don’t want to remain a small person all your life.
Just because life is hard, and always ends in a bad way, doesn't mean that all stories have to, even if that's what they tell us in school and in the New York Times Review. In fact, it's a good thing...
Jeb: I wish I could explain what I'd give just to see you smile again.Max (thinking):
Jacobi called Lindsay on his Nextel.
I’m not sleeping with him,
I’M RAFe KHATCHADORiAN, TRAGiC HeRO I
It’s decaf. Just terrible. A memory of real coffee,
It’s all right to put the weight of the world on your shoulders sometimes, if you know how to take it off.
It had been right there in
Is it important to be right or is it important to do what’s right? That’s one of the hardest lessons to learn.
Irony sort of reaches up and slaps you in the face sometimes, doesn’t it?