To Remain Alone Did Not Seem To

Ordinarily, Of Course, I Thought It Best To Remain Inconspicuous, But The Gesture Had A Certain Irresistable Theatricaility, And An Inevitablility. Sometimes You Can Feel The Pull Of What Other People Want From You, And You Sacrifice Yourself, You Risk Seeming Odd Or Sunsavory, To Keep Them Entertained.

I Think There Is Still Pressure To Marry. I Think There Is Still Pressure To Have Children. If You're Middle Or Upper Class, Those Pressures Exist At A Later Age Now.

... Nothing Broke My Heart Like The Slow Death Of A Shared Joke That Had Once Seemed Genuinely Funny.

When You Are A High School Girl, There Is Nothing More Miraculous Than A High School Boy.

People Who Think My Books Are Autobiographical, Which They're Not, Credit Me With Having A Much Better Memory Than I Do. I Do, However, Have A Powerful Imagination