When something awful happens, sometimes people get stuck.

But you can’t live your life worried about dying all the time. If you do, you’re dead already.

I mean, even in these snow pants,check out my ass.

My mistake was assuming that when I got to college, people would not be such assholes.

Love isn’t something you have to deserve.

Your lot in life? A lot is something you draw, like straws. It's chance. You didn't get this life by chance. You chose it on purpose. If you're dissatisfied from it, you can change it.

The TV said you should ignore bullies and they would stop harassing you. In practice this worked about half the time. The other half, you ended up with two tall boys shadowing you through a trailer park, their fingers taking little nips at your clothes, like dogs.