You know what it’s like when you’re trying to fall asleep and it only makes you more wide awake?

I said nothing for a time, just ran my fingertips along the edge of the human-shaped emptiness that had been left inside me.

In dreams begins responsiblities.

In a place far away from anyone or anywhere, I drifted off for a moment.

People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they'll go to any length to live longer. But don't think that's the reason most people run. Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest.

No matter what they wish for, no matter how far they go, people can never be anything but themselves. That's all.

That was the rule. Break one of my rules once, and I’m bound to break many more.