" You have a very interesting look. Where are you from?'
Ugh. That's marginally better than the What are you? question I get sometimes, but still gross. 'New York,' I say pointedly. 'You?'
'I mean originally,' he clarifies, and that's it. I'm done.
'New York,' I repeat, and stand up from my stool. "

― Karen M. McManus , The Cousins