gravity, n. I imagine you saved my life. And then I wonder if I'm just imagining it.

When you need to hold onto something, you should. Whatever gets you through, take it.

Maybe your history just repeats and repeats until it batters you enough to snap the seams that hold you together

I get it. The things you hope for the most are the things that destroy you in the end.

Some days are like this. And the only way to get through them is to remember that they are only one day, and that every day ends.

I was horribly bookish, to the point of coming right out and saying it, which I knew was not socially acceptable. I particularly loved the adjective bookish, which I found other people used about as often as ramrod or chum or teetotaler.

It is an awful thing to be betrayed by your body. And it’s lonely, because you feel you can’t talk about it.