"People aren't all good and people aren't all bad. We move in and out of darkness and light all of our lives. Right now I'm pleased to be in the light." -- Neal Shusterman, "Unwind"

"...growing up is all about getting hurt. And then getting over it. You hurt. You recover. You move on. Odds are pretty good you're just going to get hurt again. But each time, you learn something ( Read more... )

Hmph.

So I finished this book by Augusten Burroughs last night, and I am left with a distinct feeling of having wasted a lot of my time. This is no David Sedaris, to be sure, and he's not even amusing. It's all very sad and tragic, without the amusing lining Sedaris manages to see and communicate ( Read more... )