“I've come to the conclusion that, aside from Nazis, the Taliban, and possibly the honey badger, there is no one on the planet more merciless than a teenage girl once she's decided she dislikes you.”
“You have to decide who you are, little girl, she told me once. Once you know that, everyone else will too.”
“Lisa's baby was due about now. I've decided she had it and it was a girl. I've named her Rachel.”
“You know, there's no more dangerous creature on Earth than the teenage girl.”
“She was indeed a girl of exquisite beauty. She was one of those languid women made of dark honey smooth and sweet and terribly sticky.”
“She had been a teenager once, and she knew that, despite the apparent contradictions, a person's teenage years lasted well into their fifties.”