I was sixteen and equipped with the appropriate genitalia, so I cleared that hurdle nicely.

scapegoat, n. I think our top two are: 1. Not enough coffee. 2. Too much coffee.

Maybe relationships could have fractals, too. And maybe the sense of loss was when you're becoming a fractal of what you once were to each other.

Here's what breaks us: Even though we know better, we still want everything to be all right.

I notice you, I want to say. Even when no one else does, I do. I will.

The clock always ticks. There are times you don't hear it, and there are times that you do.

You never get involved in the people's lives? The ones you're inhabiting?" I shake my head. "You try to leave the lives the way you found them." "Yeah." "But what about Justin? What made that so different?" "You," I say.