From Here On Out, There's Just Reality.

I Have A Second Dog, Too, Mainly For Security.

Ambition Is Exhausting. It Makes You Friends With People For The Wrong Reasons, Just Like Drugs.

A Lot Of The Time, I'm Just Smart Enough To Be Unhappy.

Until Adolescence I Thought I Had The Best Mother In The World. Such A Graceful Mother. I Had This Fantasy That I Was The Wrong Daughter.

Now It's Dedicated To My Grandparents And To Both Of My Parents. The First Book Was Dedicated To My Mother So I Thought Maybe It Was My Father's Turn, But Then I Realized That Everyone Would Jump On That And Assume I'd Had Some Falling Out With My Mother, Which Is Absolutely Not The Case.