"...on account of my mom being pregnant with his unborn child, the sex of which we do not know because my mom says if she knows it's a boy she won't have any incentive to push, men being the reason we even need organizations like Housing for the Hopeful" (March 10, p. 2-3).

"It's a wonder I'm as well-adjusted as I am, if you think about everything I have to put up with" (March 10, p. 4).

" [Grandmère says] "The last time I got up at six a.m. was when the Germans were shelling the palace, back during the war"" (March 11 p. 11).

"Oh my God, I hope they don't expect us to dress like the natives in order to blend in! I don't own a housedress! I don't even think you can buy one of those in New York" (March 11 p. 13).

"So I went online and instant messaged Michael...