“Well, at least I can spare myself the ordeal of a whole battery of personality tests. My personality is poor; that much is clear.”

“I am not a people person.”

“Maybe careers aren’t something you can really plan for. They just sort of happen, like brown eyes or flat feet. I took one of those career aptitude tests last year, and it showed that I should be a flight attendant or a seamstress. Not a fashion designer or anything, mind you, but a sweatshop worker. Apparently stewardesses and sweatshop workers and I enjoy a lot of the same interests and activities.”

“I haven’t been that happy since I became conscious for the first time, you know, when I became aware of myself and got so uncomfortable and everything.”

“Much as I usually dislike nice, positive people, I have to admit that Margaret isn’t bad.”

“Can you dance?Of course, I said, even though I can’t really. I think enthusiasm counts for a lot in dancing and in life.”

“People never like to talk about their slower relatives. I got a cousin, twice removed, got webs between his toes, ain't said one word his whole life. You never hear about him in the family newsletter that goes around every Christmas. Hell, nobody mentions me, either, if it comes to that. Families is funny about who they advertise.”