I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative.

Pink is female - but why? Are girls any more pink than boys? Are boys any more blue than girls? It's something that has been sold to us, mostly so other things can be sold to us.

I've always known I was gay, but it wasn't confirmed until I was in kindergarten. It was my teacher who said so. It was right there on my kindergarten report card: PAUL IS DEFINITELY GAY AND HAS VERY GOOD SENSE OF SELF.

I saw his scars - the visible ones-and saw how breaking him had not made him any less beautiful. If anything, he stood stronger, because he'd survived.

I can't pretend to know what love is. It just is.

But there was something about you that made me think of sparks and motion.

anchor, v.: I drift, I drift, I drift, you stay.