Not so easy, Mr Lennon. Even if you try.

What I'm saying is, when you have weight like that in your life, you have to start looking for the bigger picture or you are gonna sink.

The moment the light went out, everyone stopped pretending.

I don't want to hear music, I don't want the sunrise to be pink. The world is a liar. Its ugliness is overwhelming; the scraps of beauty make it worse.

You should always be taking pictures, if not with a camera then with your mind. Memories you capture on purpose are always more vivid than the ones you pick up by accident.

We eat and sleep and shuffle through the fog, walking a marathon with no finish line, no medals, no cheering.

All my life I have battled the alarm clock, pummeling the snooze button over and over with mounting self-loathing until the shame is finally strong enough to lever me upright.