“Since I was five, I've known that I was adopted, which is a politically correct term for being clueless about one's own origins.”
“Your job is obviously very pressured.""I thrive under pressure," I explain. Which is true. I've known that about myself ever since...Well. Ever since my mother told me when I was about 8.”
“Would you prefer the term pawn?” he said. “I struggle to stay abreast of what’s politically correct.”
“I'm only twenty-five. If I've made a mistake I have time to correct it.”
“What is the politically correct term for ‘retarded’?”“I think the words you’re fishing for are ‘mentally disabled.’ And no. I’m not mentally disabled.”
“Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.”