I'm Keith, he said, and you're . . . clearly mad, but what's your name?
I had always liked him, but it never occurred to me to like him, like him.
He was the closest thing she had to a pony.
I sleep better knowing that a naked cork-eater is not sneaking around at night, stealing my underwear.
Did they know that Arthur Conan Doyle went on to investigate mysteries in his real life and absolved a man for a crime for which he has been convicted? Did they know how Agatha Christie brilliantly st...
You could wear the same outfit every single day and no guy - who isn't gay - will notice.
The funny thing about stop signs is that they're also start signs.
She firmly held the theory that everyone gets at least one very stupid superpower.
Nowhere was good. Except with Eric. He had both perfumed and poisoned her entire world.
It was a bit on the frantic side, maybe because neither one of us had done the metal preparation, so we were both thinking,
I guess life is full of maybes.
Fear can't hurt you. When it washes over you, give it no power. it's a snake with no venom.
Debbie had to get up and slice me a thick piece of cake before she could answer. And I do mean thick. Harry Potter volume seven thick. I could have knocked out a burglar with this piece of cake. Once...
This kind of thing always amazed Ginny--people who just walked away from institutions. People who left school when they didn't see the point. Aunt Peg had done that. Ginny knew she never would. That e...
She introduced herself to my parents with one of her mighty, bunny-crushing handshakes. (I'd never seen Claudia crush a bunny, to be fair, but that's the approximate level of pressure.)
She called, Aua! in a penetrating voice that could cause a small bird to fall dead out of the sky.
Proximity doesn't breed familiarity.
Of course I worry too much, Nate said. But I’m usually right. The people who worry are always right. That’s how that works.
Nothing was quite like it was supposed to be.
I ran like a thing that runs.