He showed me how to get lost, and then I showed myself how to get found.

Obey the muse, Liz said. She's a fickle mistress.

I am adrenaline slammed into inertia: a fast car stuck in traffic.

The bow is so old, its horsehair is glue Sent to the factory, just like me and like you So how come they stayed your execution? The audience roars its standing ovation "Dust.

Forward momentum. That's my new motto. No regrets. And no going back.

But it's a big ocean. It's an even bigger world. And maybe we've gotten as close as we're supposed to get.

...being Lulu, it made me realize that all my life I've been living in a small, square room, with no windows and no doors. And I was fine. I was happy, even. I thought. Then someone came along and showed me there was a door in the room. One that I'd never even seen before. Then he opened it for me. Held my hand as I walked through it. And for one perfect day, I was on the other side. I was somewhere else. Someone else. And then he was gone, and I was thrown back into my little room. And now, no matter what I do, I can't seem to find that door.