Dad" I pleaded, "this is so [cuss word you never, ever say in front of your mother] ridiculous.

And you’re beautiful. You’d have to work pretty hard to mess that up.

Let's go, " I said."Go where?""On Lori's date with Parker."Now he looked at me over the nerdy spectacles he wore for reading."I wasn't aware it was a double date. And you're not my type.

Her dad turned to me. "You. Follow Me.""Woof, " I said.

Stay away from her.""Okay.""Keep your hands off her.""I'll try."He scowled at me."I will, " I said.

Son, " he said, "you monkeyed up.

Better you than Cameron " McGillicuddy grumbled. "I know where Cameron's been." Sean snorted. Cameron said "I already told you I did NOT come on to Lori.

Even though Sean still held my head down I was the only one who thought to ask"Who's driving the boat?" Over the motor I heard girls screaming at us the instant before we crashed.

Taking his hand I said "Fank woo.""Hm " he laughed with his mouth closed.

He grinned at me and whispered, “I’m going to kiss you now. It’ll be a big one, so don’t hit me.

This was about to go very bad, because Adam was going to cry. “I miss you, ” he said, and his voice broke.

Every quote is like a Picasso. The meaning is different for each person and half the admirers miss the true intent and twisted humor of it all.

My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.

A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction, ' but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction.

The only security is courage.

I can't really say - if I've run out of ideas until I've had my next set of ideas.

The writing in Mission to Paris, sentence after sentence, page after page, is dazzling. If you are a John le Carr fan, this is definitely a novel for you.

The trick is to get people to read anything, to engender the love of reading. Once you can read, you can teach yourself anything. Librarians are key, I think. They hold the power to empower.

Eileen Ford wanted me to fix my nose and my teeth. I said, Sure, great, but I really had no intention to.

The end of living is the true enjoyment of it.

Honestly, my personality is cool and easy-going. But once I started wearing skirts and put on some make up, I transform into that sexy kind of person.