"Insight is cheap, Alice. Especially warped insight. that's the only kind you have" (Chapter 1, p. 8).

"Maybe careers aren't something you can really plan for. They just sort of happen, like brown eyes or flat feet" (Chapter 2, p. 18).

"I know I don't want to be a fashion designer or model or anything, but I also know I don't want to look like a poster child for the working classes" (Chapter 3, p. 21).

"So you see, it's great to explore your personal style, but not everyone is going to appreciate, you know, the creativity behind it" (Chapter 4, p. 51).

"So much for my peer group-friend ambitions" (Chapter 14, p. 237).

"So much for blood is thicker than water" (Chapter 14, p. 236).

"I wasn't actually going to mentioned that she phoned. I mean, it's not that big a deal. It only means the end of aloneness and the accomplishment of Life Goal No. 2" (Chapter 14, p. 241).

"Hearing...