I Haven't Shoplifted Since I

I Used Rebellion As A Way To Hide Out. We Use Criticism As A Fake Participation.

I Could Imagine Myself Becoming One Of Marla's Stories.

To Merely Observe Your Culture Without Contributing To It Seems Very Close To Existing As A Ghost.

Anything Pretty,' Claire Will Tell You, 'it's Only For Sale Because No One Wants It.

In All Probability The Human Genome Project Will, Someday, Find That I Carry Some Recessive Gene For Optimism, Because Despite All My Best Efforts I Still Can't Scrape Together Even A Couple Days Of Hopelessness. Future Scientists Will Call It The Pollyanna Syndrome, And If Forced To Guess, I'd Say That Mine Has Been A Way-long Case History Of Chasing Rainbows.