Today I Discovered Two Kinds Of People

I Wanted To Be A Ballerina. I Changed My Mind.

All Her Life She Had Wanted To Squeeze The Toothpaste Really Squeeze It,not Just One Little Squirt. [...] The Paste Coiled And Swirled And Mounded In The Washbasin. Ramona Decorated The Mound With Toothpaste Roses As If It Was A Toothpaste Birthday Cake

Ramona Stepped Back Into Her Closet, Slid The Door Shut, Pressed An Imaginary Button, And When Her Imaginary Elevator Had Made Its Imaginary Descent, Stepped Out Onto The Real First Floor And Raced A Real Problem. Her Mother And Father Were Leaving For Parents' Night.

I Was An Only Child; I Didn't Have A Sister, Or Sisters.

Quite Often Somebody Will Say, What Year Do Your Books Take Place? And The Only Answer I Can Give Is, In Childhood.