“Phones are distracting. The internet is distracting.The way he looked at you? He wasn't distracted. He was consumed.”

“We straighten , bu our snickering is barely contained as we attempt to focus our attention on a picture of a discarded Coke can. "This guy's lady love is kind of a slob, don't you think?" he whispe...”

“St. Clair clears his throat. 'My fiance and I are headed out for a celebratory dessert. I'd ask you all to join us, but I don't want you there.”

“We cant stop smiling at each other. I cant believe that adults get to do this every day. And I dont even mean sex, though its wonderful, but things like this. Brushing our teeth at the same sink. D...”

“Im beginning to think that maybe its okay to be a blank canvas. Maybe its okay that my future is unknown. And maybe, I say with another smile, its okay to be inspired by the people who do know thei...”

“It gets worse. Josh tell her that he loves her. She says it back. He touches her. She touches him back. And then they're losing their virginity on the floor of her bedroom beside her pet rabbit, Is...”

“Monsters come in all shapes and sizes. Some of them are things people are scared of. Some of them are things that look like things people used to be scared of a long time ago. Sometimes monsters ar...”

“The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults.”

“Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them”

“What do you think my chances might be of finding a soul mate in the group of you? I'll be lucky if I can just find someone who'll be able to stand me for the rest of our lives. What if I've already...”

“There were a group of people before the Ascension known as the Astalsi. They claimed that each person was born with a certain finite amount of ill luck. And so, when an unfortunate event happened, ...”

“Well, good luck, the Vietnam verbal tic...It was as though people couldnt stop themselves from saying it, even when they actually meant to express the opposite wish, like, Die, motherfucker. Usuall...”

“You write once and you can call yourself a writer, but it takes three novels before you can call yourself a novelist. The first two could have just been lucky. One day, I will finish my third, and ...”

“We all look. The lucky find. The wise accept.”

“I have my Lucky Charms in the morning, and I feel magical.”