That's why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. You can't control life, at least you can control your version.

and i can't stand the idea of being alone. i can't bear the thought of being free.

I want my whole life lined with a topical anesthetic.

You have to jump into disaster with both feet.

The photographer in my head says: Give me peace. Flash. Give me release. Flash.

There's no way you can get the past right. You can pretend. You can delude yourself, but you can't re-create what's over.

Do you know why most survivors of the Holocaust are vegan? It's because they know what it's like to be treated like an animal.