You can't know what it is like for us now--you will always be one step behind. Be thankful for that. You can't know what it was like for us then--you will always be one step ahead. Be thankful for that, too.

this blue shirt i have is practically the same color as my jeans, and looking all-blue is something only cookie monster can pull off.

It feels like we’ve stepped outside of time. Even though there is no such place.

And I, who have never thought in terms of a life, think to myself that I could make a life out of this.

There is no reason that we should ever be ashamed of our bodies or ashamed of our love.

I close my eyes. And i scream. If my whole world is crashing down around me, then I am going to make the sound of the crashing. I want to scream until all my bones break.

Let me hold on to this the way it was, before I knew anything else.