weltschmerz: its the depression you feel when the world as it is does not line up with the world as you think it should be.

He let his mind wander. It went to a predictable place, and he missed her

When you're walking home at night, do you even get creeped out and even though it's silly and embarrassing you just want to run home?" It seemed too secret and personal to admit to virtual stranger, but I told her, "Yeah, totally." For a moment, she was quiet. Then she grabbed my hand, whispered, "Run run run run run," and took off, pulling me behind her.

It's not life or death, the labyrinth. Suffering. Doing wrong and having wrong things happen to you.

As long as we don't die, this is gonna be one hell of a story.

Just a word of advice. Whenever you're furious with your parents or you think they're terrible, just remember, you vomited on them and they kept you.

This is the fear that made fish crawl out onto dry land and evolve lungs, the fear that teaches us to run, the fear that makes us bury our dead.