Isaac out of surgery. It went well. He's officially NEC. NEC meant "no evidence of cancer." A second text came a few seconds later. I mean, he's blind. So that's unfortunate.

Even with everything broken and decided inside her she couldn't quite allow herself to disappear for good.

feeling - probably for the first time in my life - the fear and excitement of living in a place where you never know what's going to happen or when.

You can't just make me different, and then leave. Because I was fine before, Alaska. I was just fine with me and last words and school friends, and you can't just make me different and then die.

Because no one can catch the motherfucking fox.

It is not my fault that my parents own the world's largest collection of black Santas.

Adult librarians are like lazy bakers: their patrons want a jelly doughnut, so they give them a jelly doughnut. Children’s librarians are ambitious bakers: 'You like the jelly doughnut? I’ll get you a jelly doughnut. But you should try my cruller, too. My cruller is gonna blow your mind, kid.