“The other kids formed a roving pack, moving like one of those clusters of birds that seem to share a single, frantic brain.”
“other kids pack lunch”
“When I have a kid, I want to buy one of those strollers for twins. Then put the kid in and run around, looking frantic. When he gets older, I'd tell him he used to have a brother, but he didn't obey.”
“He's standing in a cluster of black T-shirts - together, they look like the wilted petals on a single dead flower.”
“I frantically opened my address book and searched it for someone, anyone, who'd moved me, who'd been good in both bed and brain. No. A slew of the so-so.”
“If just one of [those people] experiences life as a crazy adventure--and I mean that he, or she, experiences this every single day... Then he or she is a joker in a pack of cards.”