When the shock wears off, you always hope there's understanding underneath.

My mother said I should have a 'change of scenery.' The word scenery made be think of a play. And as we were driving around, it made sense that way. Because no matter how much the scenery changed, we were still on the same stage.

And maybe it is only by finding yourself that you can feel the true intensity of becoming close to another person.

If you let the world in, you open yourself up to the world. Even if the world doesn't know that you're there.

I don’t want to know anything, and I want to know it all

You make it a production. Slam doors. Knock things over. Scream. But I just leave. Even if I'm still standing there, I leave. I am refusing you. I am denying you. I am an adjective that is quickly turning into a noun.

Just because a person is beautiful doesn't mean there's no soul beneath. Doesn't mean that person hasn't suffered like everyone else, doesn't mean they don't hope to still be a good human being in an awful world.