Dad nods, looks me dead in the eyes; slowly and regretfully, he banishes all the smiling and joking from his face, and for once he's just my dad, watching his son who has fallen so low.
But, um, I kind of wondered if I could have your phone number, so I can call you when we're out of here.' She smiles and her cuts outline her face like a cat's whispers. 'Crafty.' 'I am a guy,' I say....
And I always look like I’m about to cry.
A person's relationship with food is one of their most important relationships.
A guy from Bear Stearns had visited our class, thin and bald with a gold watch. He told us that if we were interested in getting into finance, we had better work hard and smart because a lot of machin...
Why were the other kids doing better than me? Because they were better, that's why That's what I knew every time I sat down online or got on the subway to Aaron's house. Other people weren't smoking o...
Where are you supposed to put your arms when you dance? It’s like the Universal Question.
Where are you supposed to put your arms when you dance? It’s like the Universal Question. I guess you’re supposed to put them around someone.
We're all animals, high school is animals, but some of us are more animal than others. Like in 'Animal Farm,' which I read, all animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others? Here in...
Up next is Noelle.'Hey, girl!''Don't you dare start calling me that. This is very nice of you to do.
There’s a lot of yuppies in this place, and you have that look about you, you know—the yuppie look of people with money? Yeah. People who don’t care about other people.
The thought trail one another in my brain running from the back up to the front and dripping down again under my chin: I'm no one; I'll never make it in my life; I'm about to get revealed as a fake, I...
Take these verbs and enjoy them. They're yours, Craig. You deserve them because you chose them. You could have left them all behind but you chose to stay here.
Something deep in my guts, below my heart, has made a shift to the left and settled in a more comfortable place. It’s not the Shift, but it’s a shift. I picture Nia with her gorgeous face and little b...
Someday someone is going to find this pelvis sexy or I'll never have children.
She doesn't want to end up like me. At least I'm giving someone an example not to follow.
Like in Animal Farm, which I read, all animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others?
Life is a nightmare.
Kid like you, got money, got a family, you’ll be out in a few days.
I’m asking for simplicity, for purity and ease of choice and no pressure. I’m asking for something that no politics is going to provide, something that probably you only get in preschool.