We are only what we know, and I wished to be so much more than I was, sorely.

Better a soulless clone... than a souled roach.

. . .my dreams are the single unpredictable factor in my zoned days and nights. Nobody allots them, or censors them. Dreams are all I have ever truly owned.

maybe the meaning of life lies in looking for it

Teachers're always using that "in your own words." I hate that. Authors knit their sentences tight. It's their job. Why make us unpick them, just to put it back together more shonkily? How're you s'posed to say Kapellmeister if you can't say Kapellmeister?

Who was blowing on the nape of my neck?

I love HBO productions, actually, like 'The Wire.'