I think the reason I liked gaming so much as a subject was because it has all the subjects in it—it’s a grand subject. - Gabrielle Zevin

Every word the right one and exactly where it should be. That's basically the highest compliment I can give.

You couldn't be old and still be wrong about as many things as she'd been wrong about, and it was a kind of immaturity to call yourself old before you were.

In truth, she hadn't put much thought into whether she was happy before. She supposes that since she never thought about it, she must have been happy. People who are happy don't really need to ask themselves if they are happy or not, do they? They just are happy, she thinks.