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

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.

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

No. I just don't want to be a detective. They figure out what happened after the fact, when it's too late. I want to prevent it from happening.

When something awful happens, sometimes people get stuck.

The nurse knocked softly on the door of the examining room and wheeled in a shiny silver tray displaying neatly arranged instruments of torture.

Boys are two years behind girls in maturity level.