You See, Suzanne, History Lectures Bore Me,

I Get Some Of My Ideas From Watching My Three Daughters, But Most Of Them Come From My Own Memories Of Growing Up. I Can Remember How Romantic I Was, Not Just About Love, But Romance In The Classic Sense - The Romantic Ideals: Of Honor And Truth, Of Loyalty, Sacrifice And Fairness. Those Were The Elements That Made A Story Satisfying To Me.

She Figured If You Weren't Woman Enough To Carry Your Doughnuts With Pride, You Shouldn't Be Eating Them.

But The Way I See It, Dying Without Knowing Love Would Be A Tragedy.

Another Funny Thing About Having Friends Was That They Expected Things Of You. They Made You Want To Not Be A Terrible, Awful, Execrable Person. They Made You Feel Worse When You Were One. It Was A Lot Easier Not To Have Any Friends.

She Needed To Get Out Of There. Her Brains, Thankfully, Were Still Safely In Her Skull, But Her Emotions Were Splattered On The Pavement.