“Sometimes I stare boredly into space, thinking utterly of nothing. This makes Mrs. Wilberton very irritated. I get on her nerves. I know this because she is always telling me I do.
To be honest, Mrs. Wilberton is not my favorite person on the planet of Earth. Unfortunately, I am from Earth and she is my teacher.”
“Being well accustomed to an abundance of noise in his daily life, Rowan should no have been especially irritated by the single-note clanging of a metal can rolling over a rocky surface.”