Normal behavior, therefore, is when we collectively believe that the circumstances justify the behavior. Likewise, abnormal behavior is when we don’t.
In movies, people always “borrow” cars by yanking some wires out from under the dash and connecting them. But the real way it works involves a screwdriver and the starter thingy, under the hood. My personal ethics prevent me from giving you more information. That’d be just what I need: a rash of car thefts across America, committed by dedicated readers.
Everybody’s a critic these days.
A flow of heroically suppressed swear words ran through my brain.
He’s basically putting on a private doo-wop show for the seagulls. Then he stops, spreads out his arms, and adds in the harmony: “In the still of the ni-i-i-ight!
Can we ever really judge behavior by the behavior itself? Lesson learned. Most often, we can’t.
No wonder i hadn’t written anything decent in ages- I couldn’t even figure out how to tell a boy that i loved him. That whenever i looked into his eyes, i felt like i was drowning and being saved, all at the same time. That if i had to choose between dying tomorrow or spending the rest of my life without him, i would seriously consider picking imminent death.
Tell her parents they made a big mistake calling the police. Call off the dogs,” said the caller, “or we’ll hurt Madison. Permanently. If you back off, she’ll stay alive and well, but either way, the Tylers will never see their daughter.
And so now, under a Colorado sky so blue it hurt my eyes, we arrived at the terrible truth. You can plot your escape, you can ditch your life and your family, and you can race down a two-lane highway in a stolen car. But there are things you can never out run.
We are the sum of our thoughts. What you choose to dwell on will dictate your emotions.
By taking control of my sexuality, I felt like I’d finally taken control of my life.
Our luck would not run out. That’s what i told myself. But they were only words.
No one ever leaves alive The house at 7 Ocean Drive.
The Women’s Murder Club was assembled – but why?
We Stink was going to sink like the Titanic.
I’m here to say that moonshine has nothing on love- and lust.
If you’re going around in circles, maybe you’re cutting corners.
But i missed nothing- because everything that truly mattered to me was either already gone or right here next to me in the museum holding my hand.
And why was the blind guy on watch, you might ask? Because a cockroach couldn’t come within fifty feet of us without his knowing it. Iggy.
How do you know anything for sure? I thought. But i knew the answer to that already. You don’t.