"I'm not friendly and I'm not personable. I'm not going to answer an ad for somebody like that. It would be stupid." "You can be friendly. And you are personable when you aren't busy putting yourself down." "I'm not putting myself down. You just want to think that I am so you can have something to talk about." "You're backing yourself into a corner, Debby." "Oh, shit." I picked up a candy wrapper and began pinching it together in an ugly way. My hands were red and rough. It didn't matter how much lotion I used. "Come on, we're getting started on the wrong foot." "Shut up."