Forte is French… for blanket fort.

Jordan tattoos the words "forgive me" in thick black letters down the inside of his arm so that when he looks at his wrist he will remember not to hate himself so much. What he keeps forgetting is that there is life after survival.

Everybody knows that smiling is for little girls, the gays and certain kinds of fish who are smiling by accident.

If we really do get what we give then I give up, so I can get up.

We were never tragedies. We were emergencies. You go ahead, call 9-1-1. Tell them I'm havin' a fantastic time.

I choose to politely ask myself to step aside if I am in my own way. If I do not get out of my way, I choose to call a friend who will have me removed.

Stop inviting walls into wide open spaces.