She really did like me, the idiot.

Have you noticed how difficult it is just to get along in the world? If you're no good at all in your job, people treat you badly and eventually you will be unemployed. And if you're a little better than competent, everyone expects miracles from you, every single time. Like most of life, it's a no-win situation. And if you dare to mention it, no matter how creatively you phrase your complaints, you are shunned as a whiner.

...being torn apart by far too many loyalties that could not possibly live together in the same brain.

After a long moment I closed the freezer door. I wanted to lie down and press my cheek against the cool linoleum. Instead I reached out with my little finger and flipped the Barbie's head. It went thack thack against the door. I flipped it again. Thack thack. Whee. I had a new hobby.

I was filled with dread at the thought my mind had skipped town and left me behind to pay the rent." --Dexter

The whole point of wearing a disguise was to be seen wearing her.

You're driving me NORMAL!