Telling some stories, Miss Leroy says, is committing suicide.

You cannot be the person they know and the great, glorious person you want to become. Not at the same time.

Everyone is equal and everyone is forced to participate; you can't just be a spectator.

Get through the moment. Avoid confrontation. Run away. That's pretty much how we get through our own lives, watching television. Smoking crap. Self-medicating. Redirecting our own attention. Jacking off. Denial.

I used rebellion as a way to hide out. We use criticism as a fake participation.

It's nice to see something more pathetic than I feel right now.

There's a big difference between "not caring" or being "nihilistic" about a topic and simply not being enrolled by the drama presented by other people. Just because my characters choose not to react in standard, socially-appropriate ways - that does not mean they don't care. They just reject ordinary dramas.