If people were rain, I was drizzle. She was hurricane. 
Hi," I said. "How are you?" "Grand. 
Peter Van Houten was the only person I'd ever come across who seemed to (a) understand what it'slike to be dying, and (b) not have died.
And Private Jasper Jacks awake in a dark, empty room approximately twelve feet square. 
Maybe okay will be our always." "Okay, 
But I could always tell in her eyes if she got really pissed at me, and her eyes were still pretty smiley 
Memories fall apart, too. And then you're left with nothing, left not even with a ghost but with its shadow 
The Rough Guide to Nepal; The Great Sights of Canada; America by Car; Fodor's Guide to the Bahamas; Let's go Bhutan. 
Ya'll smoke to enjoy. I smoke to die. 
A pesudovision! You will go to the pseduovision and you wil lnever come back. 
Here's to all the places we went. And all the places we'll go. And here's to me, whispering again and again and again and again: iloveyou 
So much depends upon this observer of the universe 
I was a drizzle and she was a hurricane. 
Cornbread!" he screamed. "CHICKEN!" the crowd responded. "Rice!" "PEAS!" And then, all together: "WE GOT HIGHER S-A-Ts. 
In the darkest days, Lord puts the best people into your life 
I think I will do nothing for a long time but listen. 
Different authors write different ways, have different relationships with their audiences, and those are all legitimate. 
In the end, we both lost. So it goes. 
So much depends on this observer of the universe. 
If people were like rain, I was like drizzle and she was a hurricane. 
The prank is entitled "Subverting the Patriarchal Paradigm". 
I never took another picture of him. 
All pain deserves to be felt 
I try to live life so that I can live with myself. 
When surprised and excited and innocent Gus emerged from Grand Gesture Metaphorically Inclined Augustus, I literally could not resist. 
This one's for Alaska Young! 
for checking the fullness of his bladder. 
By saying you don't care if the world falls apart, in some small way you're saying you want it to stay together, on your own terms. 
There are always answers. We just have to be smart enough. 
Without Pain, How Could We Know Joy? 
Sunlight feels warm and rough against your skin like a kiss on the cheek from your dad. 
standing in line is a form of oppression 
You don't get to choose if get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have a say in who hurts you. 
Schadenfreude,' Colin said. Finding pleasure in others' pain. 
There is no try. There is only do. 
He missed his imagined future. 
The right story needs the right telling. 
For who so firm that cannot be seduced? she'd written. 
The only way out of the labyrinth of suffering is to forgive. 
You've gotta pick your battles in this world... 
I wish I could say I was in it for the thrill of learning, but mostly I was in it for the thrill of getting into a worthwhile college. 
The correct answer is that we are all feeling like we will be happier after an a cappella rendition of Blister in the Sun. 
It's true that I want to smother her with compliments and true that I want to keep my distance. True that I want her to like me and true that I don't. 
The past feels distant, even when it's near. The future feels assured, even when it isn't. 
You realise that trying to keep your distance from me will not lessen my affection for you, he said. 
It hurt, and that is not a euphemism. It hurt like a beating. 
That was part of her, and you used to know it. It's like now you only care about the Alaska you made up. 
I want to, like, drink wine and talk about the Middle East or whatever the fuck we're gonna want to do when we're old. 
curvy." I liked Lacey, but I saw Margo's 
I would believe; you would believe; he or she would believe. 
I'd rather wonder than get answers I couldn't live with. 
What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable? 
Should I, like, bite? 
Under the sink, I also found a tub of Vaseline so big that it could have only one possible use, which I didn't care to dwell on. 
Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will 
Was it animal pee or human pee? Someone asked.How would I know? What, am I an expert in the study of pee?
Holding anger is a poison.Never regret something that made you smile.
Do not do unto others what you do not want others to do unto you.
