Because you're only thinking they-might-not-like-me-they-might-not-like-me, and guess what? When you act like that, no one likes you.

Nothing has ever looked like that ever in all of human history.

Lies are attempts to hide the truth by willfully denying facts. Fiction, on the other hand, is an attempt to reveal the truth by ignoring facts.

The worse the haircut, the better the man.

But it was only hot outside, and generally I only walked outside between one air-conditioned place to another.

I kept it for myself like a keepsake, as if sharing the memory might lead to its dissipation.

YOU are valuable and rare and worthy of love.