“It's kind of freaky to send your picture over the Internet to someone you don't really know and then have to sit waiting for their judgement on how you look. Maybe that's why my aunt Penny, who got divorced two years ago, hates online dating so much. Mom's always nagging her to go back on Match.com but Aunt Penny says she'd rather have root canal work - without anesthetic.” InternetDatingOnline Dating Book:Want to Go Private? Source: Want to Go Private?
“I was so mad, I reached into the drawer for her fake sushi eraser and put it in my pocket. Serves her right for being such a big, fat, Eggo-scarfing liar.” LyingFoodAngryMadSisterLiarSushiAbbyPissed Book:Want to Go Private? Source: Want to Go Private?
“Just you wait, Abby Johnston. My coolness will hit you like a tsunami. You will be carried along by its raging power. You will be turned into a freaking icicle by the frostiness of my cool.” AbbyBilly Book:Want to Go Private? Source: Want to Go Private?
“He stands up, slowly, and puts his hands on the zipper of his jeans, where I notice there's a bulge that looks like someone stuck a cucumber in his pants. That can be his...thing, can it? He undoes the button then his fly and then slides his jeans down. He's wearing those tight boxer-briefs things, like that guy in the Calvin Klein commercial, and I realize, it's definitely not a cucumber.” LukeAbbyEdmund Book:Want to Go Private? Source: Want to Go Private?
“Okay, back to business." Billy grins, leaning back against the cushions. "Give me two more characteristics of living things. I'll give you a hint: you left out the most fun one." Fun one? Im picturing the textbook, responsiveness, growth, complex organizations, metabolism, responsiveness... Oh! I hit Billy. "You are such a perv!" "Who me? What are you talking about?" "The most fun one? Reproduction?" "Hey, even microorganisms gotta have fun, right?” AbbyBilly Book:Want to Go Private? Source: Want to Go Private?
“And if I see you step foot on my property again, I’ll do more than make a phone call,” he says, waving the baseball bat around menacingly.” AngerBacklashThreats Book:Backlash Source: Backlash
“So there you have it--my sorry tale. That's how something I though I controlled ended up controlling me.” Eating DisordersBulimiaPurgingEdPurgeSarah Darer Littman Book:Purge Source: Purge
“But who am I if I'm not Janie the bulimic? Bulimia has become so much a part of me that I can't remember what it felt like not to purge. It's been this secret that I have hidden from my parents and my friends (well, except for Nancy) and the rest of the world. It's the way I can let off the pressure of always feeling like I'm not smart enough, I'm not thin enough, not pretty enough, not funny enough, just plain not enough enough.” Eating DisorderBulimiaEdPurge Book:Purge Source: Purge