A lot of children grow up in poverty with flawed parents, but their inner world is still as inherently filled with wonder and innocence as children who are kept away from the city's underbelly.

The ground was silvery, as if some stars had fallen there.

I have an artistic temperament, which is a really tragic thing.

It never occurs to you when you are very young to need something other than what your parents have to offer you.

Lonely children probably wrote the Bible.

My breath in the cold air was bleach that accidentally spilled on a black t-shirt.

Love is a big and wonderful idea, but life is made up of small things. As a kid, you have nothing to do with the way the world is run; you just have to hurry to catch up with it.