Some writers research in order to write. I write in order to research topics that interest me. Especially if I can meet with other people, in forums from illness support groups to phone-sex hotlines, and learn what other people know best.

First your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life.

On a night without moon or stars you can't see a thing, but you can imagine anything.

Does it hurt very much to die? Well, sweetheart, yes, but it hurts a lot more to keep living.

You are permanent, but this life is not.

I'm in love. So kill me.

It only takes one mistake and nothing else you ever do will matter. No matter how hard you work or how smart you become, you'll always be known for that one poor choice.