“Realizing you're completely unique... even in a crowd”

“COOL·NESS [KOOL-NIS] -nounCATCHING your mom gazing at the crazy crowd like she finally gets itWATCHING your dad head-banging like he’s Finn’s twin brotherLEARNING that your new friends Tash and Kallie are a thousand times more complicated than you realized, and loving them for itFEELING every one of your boyfriend’s pounding drumbeats, and thinking it’s the most romantic music ever writtenREALIZING you’re completely unique . . . even in a crowd”

“Even in complete silence, Buckshaw had its own unique silence; a silence I would recognize anywhere. ”

“You do realize this makes your wings even more unique.""Are you saying you shot me as a cosmetic procedure?”

“Didn't I realize that each of us is a sacred, unique snowflake of special unique specialness?”

“Certain unique books seem to be without forerunners or successors as far as their authors are concerned. Even though they may profoundly influence the work of other writers, for their creator they're complete, not leading anywhere.”