Gemma

“When we reached the lobby outside the office, moving like a pair of power walkers--no running in the halls of Green Pastures because there was too much chance of knocking over one of the many ethereal, artistic types wandering around in hip glasses with the wrong prescription... (39)”
― Susan Juby, The Truth Commission

“When Tyler emerged from Pod 3, he looked like he always does--distracted and handsome with a double helping of hot-artist sauce (73).”
― Susan Juby, The Truth Commission

“So for some reason everybody makes this huge deal about pandas. I don't know why. They never actually do anything except eat and poop. But they're really famous.' 'Yeah," said Suzana. 'They're like the Kardashians of zoo animals.”
― Dave Barry, The Worst Class Trip Ever

“Culver is a language magnet school. What it's mainly a magnet for, if you want to know the truth, is nerds.”
― Dave Barry