Save everyone but show them that you're different and you're an outcast, not a hero.

It's a frustration to get old, giving back hard-won ground.

Kids are expert negotiators. When you've never had a job and have no income, you'd better be a good negotiator.

People don't realize how thoroughly we teach children to read deception. As soon as they get the basics of communication, adults and older kids start telling them unbelievable things, trying to make them seem believable. As if we know how important the ability to see through other people's lies is critically important. I guess, it is.

Of all the pleasures of life that cannot last, children are first.

I talk to myself and write down the parts that make sense.

In the future, the scarcest resource is the attention of another person.

It was a desperate feeling to watch everyone else move forward.

It's pretty easy to be tricked when someone has access to your mind, and you have no idea they're in there.