A life isn't measured in hours and minutes. It's the quality, not the length.

When I was around eight, I learned how to touch-type at school, and I received a computer as a present. I started writing plays, and for many years I thought I would be a playwright.

It was a nice day, and I don't mean that it was sunny either. It was humid and not too cool, like winter was getting annoyed with itself and wanted it to be spring just as much as everyone else.

You can't avoid orphan stories, child. Every story is an orphan story. We are all orphaned sooner or later.

And when she dreams, she dreams of a girl who was lost at sea but one day found the shore.

In the end, the end of a life only matters to friends, family, and other folks you used to know. For everyone else, it's just another end.

Since i couldn't remember the "real" first time i'd lost my virginity, this would have become my de facto first time. I wanted a better story then: I did it with this boy who i wasn't very into and who had mysterious Gaterade breath; in his room decorated with sports equipment; at least he was nice enough to provide condoms and get his ancient, horny dog to leave us along.