The things she most wanted to tell him would lose their meaning the moment she put them into words.

When I'm running I don't have to talk to anybody and don't have to listen to anybody. This is a part of my day I can't do without.

I am a flawed human being - a far more flawed human being than you realize.

This was never any place I was meant to be. This isn’t a place for me.

Even so, there were times I saw freshness and beauty. I could smell the air, and I really loved rock 'n' roll. Tears were warm, and girls were beautiful, like dreams. I liked movie theaters, the darkness and intimacy, and I liked the deep, sad summer nights.

So this was how secrets got started, I thought to myself. People constructed them little by little.

All right, then, I thought: here I am in the bottom of a well.