“listening quietly" was my general social strategy.”

“I said nothing—I hadn’t known Marya, and anyway, “listening quietly” was my general social strategy”

“escuchar en silencio” es mi estrategia social en general.”

“Failing to grapple with complexity actually turns out to be a pretty bad life strategy.”

“Finally, I decided that the proper strategy was to stare back. Boys do not have a monopoly on the Staring Business.”

“We're going to get gored to death by a feral fugging hog and your best strategy is to pretend it's a grizzly bear?”

“For a moment, she was quiet. Then she grabbed my hand, whispered, “Run run run run run,” and took off, pulling me behind her.”