“The world is full of unrequited love,' I said finally. 'You and Patrick having problems?' Dad said, reaching around to get the butter out of the fridge. 'No, I was just wondering what you would say if I was a lesbian.' 'Come again?' said Lester. 'I'm having a hard time following this conversation.” LoveFunnyFatherFamilyBrotherConversationDinnerSexualityProblemsUnrequited LoveLesbianRandomAliceFridge Book:Alice on the Outside Source: Alice on the Outside
“Sexually active? Sexually active? Patrick and I hadn't even learned the fine points of kissing yet! I marched on down. 'For your information,' I said from the doorway, as both Dad and Lester jerked to attention, 'I am about as sexually active as a bag of spinach, and if you want to keep me on the porch and not out in the park somewhere behind the bushes, you'll keep the stupid porch light off when I come home with a boy.” LoveLightFunnyFatherSexAttitudeBoysStupidKissingTeenTeenageOutrageYellingPorchTeenage GirlSpinachParkFather Daughter RelationshipHumerousBushesSexually Active Book:Alice on the Outside Source: Alice on the Outside
“Once I have the idea for a story. I start collecting all kinds of helpful information and storing it in three-ring notebooks. For example, I may see a picture of a man in a magazine and say, 'That's exactly what the father in my book looks like!'...I save everything that will help--maps, articles, hand-jotted notes, bits of dialogue from conversations that I overhear.” MenLooksKindMayBookIdeasHelpingStoriesHandsThreeFatherBitsInformationExampleConversationNotesRingsDialogueAll KindsMagazinesHelpfulMapsArticlesCollectingNotebook Author:Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
