Don’t be afraid to write your name in the books and on the pans that were yours before you found yourself sharing a studio apartment that would normally not be big enough for an Oompa-Loompa.

So I just thought, well, my number's up. I'm going to get some stupid assignment that nobody wants.

I believe that some culture complexes will turn out to be “unprimable.” I doubt that there is a simple prime that can make a Northern, suburban Jewish boy behave like a Southern, rural Baptist kid by insulting him.

...and she stood and took it in, aware that she was gawking like a tourist, chin lifted in rubelike awe, and caring not one iota.