Read the paragraph from "Blue Nines and Red Words."
No matter where I go or what I'm doing, numbers are never far from my thoughts. In an interview with talk-show host David Letterman in New
York, I told David he looked like the number 117-tall and lanky. Later outside, in the appropriately numerically named Times Square, I gazed up at
the towering skyscrapers and felt surrounded by 9s-the number I most associate with feelings of immensity.
What is the central idea of this paragraph?
OA. The author associates people with numbers.
B. The author is always thinking about numbers.
C. The author finds comfort in particular numbers.
D. The author associates places with numbers.