“Sadly, American teenagers are to a weightless vacuum as seat cushions are to polyurethane foam -”

“The intersection of Green and Stupid is undoubtedly an American destination, but its sad. Sad.”

“I hate being a teenager.""Why?""Hormones." With a sad half smile, he left.”

“You wake up at SeaTac.I study the people on the laminated airline seat card. A woman floats in the ocean, her brown hair spread out behind her, her seat cushion clutched to her chest. The eyes are wide open, but the woman doesn’t smile or frown. In another picture, people calm as Hindu cows reach up from their seats toward oxygen masks sprung out of the ceiling.This must be an emergency.Oh.”

“Where did I get the nerve to think I could handle American teenagers? Ignorance. That's where I got the nerve.”

“The Indian criminal justice system was a market like garbage, Abdul now understood. Innocence and guilt could be bought and sold like a kilo of polyurethane bags.”