I don't think anyone ever remembers what they were really like as kids. Adults think they do, but they don't. Photos and videos don't capture the real you, or bring back to life the person you used to be. You have to return to the past to do that.

You do not have to be alone. The world never inflicts loneliness upon us. That is something we choose or reject by ourselves.

but you were a fool to bring that pider into this house

Your spikes have gone floppy.

When he faced me again, he looked ashamed of himself. "I have gravely underestimated you, Darren," he said. "I will not do so again. I made a wiser choice than I realized when I chose you to serve as my assistant. I feel honoured to have you by my side.

But you're like me,” he says. “An outsider. Different. A freak. We're both weird, which is why we get along.

But in life we don't usually get to choose the time of our defining moments. We just have to stand and face them when they come, no matter what sort of a state we're in.