"You're either crazy or really remarkable," she said.
"People are only remarkable in books."
"Listen-"
"No, no, you listen. Dig your ears out. Getting old is like driving throughsnow that just gets deeper and deeper. When you finally get in over yourhubcaps, you just spin and spin. That's life. There are no plows to come and digyou out. Your ship isn't going to come in, girl. There are no boats for nobody.You're never going to win a contest. There's no camera following you and peoplewatching you straggle. This is it. All of it. Everything. "
"You don't know what it's like here!" she cried.
"No, but I know what it's like here."
"You know, it's been my experience that when anybody says that they're readyto stop screwing around with the little lies and they're about to tell a realwhopper."