"I'll never forget the day I found out my girlfriend weighed more than I did". Chap. 1, p.13

"Dogs give your days a rhythm and a purpose. You can't sleep ridiculously late, or stay out all day and all night, when there's a dog depending on you". Chap. 4, p. 46

"'Cannie's very bright, she'll be able to take care of herself. Not a beauty, but smart'". Chap. 6, p. 105

"I wasn't stupid, and I wasn't blind, and I knew that there were many ways in which I differed from Farrah Fawcett, from girls in movies and on posters in boys' bedrooms . . . I was his daughter, his little girl. He was supposed to love me". Chap. 6, p. 105

"Writing was like slipping into the ocean, a place where I could move easily, where I could be graceful, and playful, and invisible and visible all at once—a byline, not a body". Chap...