The Lesson You Have To Learn As

It Just So Happened That For Most Of My Life I've Lived In The Suburbs.

There's Not Some Finite Amount Of Pain Inside Us. Our Bodies And Minds Just Keep Manufacturing More Of It.

They Both Seemed To Understand That Describing It Was Beyond Their Powers, The Gratitude That Spreads Through Your Body When A Burden Gets Lifted, And The Sense Of Homecoming That Follows, When You Suddenly Remember What It Feels Like To Be Yourself.

I'm Not Sure That It's Possible To Write A Novel About People Who Don't Transgress Or Stumble, People Who Don't Surprise Themselves With The Things They Do, People Who Can Explain All Their Actions With Perfect Logical Consistency. At Least It's Not Possible For Me To Write That Sort Of Novel.

She Would Be A Mentor And An Inspiration To Girls Like Herself, The Quiet Ones Who'd Sleepwalked Their Way Through High School, Knowing Nothing Except That They Couldn't Possibly Be Happy With Any Of The Choices The World Seemed To Be Offering Them.