I was young I was so young it hurt like a knife inside because there was no alternative except to hide as long as possible--- not in self-pity but with dismay at my limited chance: trying to connect.

Beware Those Who Are ALWAYS READING BOOKS

the best often die by their own hand just to get away, and those left behind can never quite understand why anybody would ever want to get away from them

There will always be something to ruin our lives, it all depends on what or which finds us first. We are always ripe and ready to be taken.

the tired sunsets and the tired people - it takes a lifetime to die and no time at all.

Don't fight your demons. Your demons are here to teach you lessons. Sit down with your demons and have a drink and a chat and learn their names and talk about the burns on their fingers and scratches on their ankles. Some of them are very nice.

People just weren't interesting. Maybe they weren't supposed to be. But animals, birds, even insects were. I couldn't understand it.