She moved to pinch me again but I blocked her hand. I'm no expert on girls, but when one tries to pinch you four times, I'm pretty sure that's flirting.

It's easy to say you don't care about money when you have plenty of it.

...slow and drunk is no match for fast and scared shitless.

I didn’t know what to call it, what was happening between us, but I liked it. It felt silly and fragile and good.

No one here is embarrassed of their gift.

Have they built cities on the moon?" another boy asked hopefully."We left some garbage and a flag there in the sixties, but thats about it.

Will you quit shouting and let me bleed in peace!

That was our friendship: equal parts irritation and cooperation.

..he had trampled her poor, pining heart, and the wound was still raw, even these many years later.

It seemed like my parents were always trying to get me to care about money, but I didn’t, really. Then again, it's easy to say you don't care about money when you have plenty of it.

They may love you', she whispered, 'but they'll never understand.

Sad songs are not my strong suit. All the songs that have saved my life make you feel like driving with the top down or dancing in your room with your best friend.

Don’t overwork! Enjoy the sacred existence.

Assumptions are unopened windows that foolish birds fly into, and their broken bodies are evidence gathered too late.

Ghosts are the only ones who never have to feel scared. Because the worst thing in the world has already happened to them.

I had almost rewritten all of the display code for windows, and that was when I gave up.

Women are never what they seem to be. There is the woman you see and there is the woman who is hidden. Buy the gift for the woman who is hidden.

I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and have my actions as my arbitrator. Whatever I do, for good or for evil, to that I will fall heir.

Most people work for the private sector, which cannot exist without profit.

Dignity and love do not blend.

Generation X is dead. It has come to mean anyone aged 13 to 55 years old.