"I want to write a novel about life. But I'm only 16, so I don't know too much about that."

If she's learned that already, she's already way ahead of the rest of us.

"Holland is the one place in the world where you can watch a foreign movie with foreign subtitles and still [think you can] follow the story."

Canadian ex-pat speaking about rabies shots after being bitten by a dog in Afganistan:
"When this great big, tough army dude called it 'permission to cry,' I knew I was in trouble."

Overheard:

"My wife and I went to my five year class reunion. The next week, we went to her high school graduation."