The future lay before him, inevitable but invisible.

There's no way of knowing that your last good day is Your Last Good Day. At the time, it is just another good day.

We look back to the most important moment in our history, and that becomes the dividing line between what we were and what we are now.

You matter as much as the things that matter to you do.

In the end, I had to call myself a faggot, which really annoyed me, because 1. I don't think that word should ever be used by anyone, let alone me, and 2. As it happens, I am not gay, and furthermore, 3. Chuck Parson made it out like calling yourself a faggot was the ultimate humiliation, even though there's nothing at all embarrassing about being gay.

If people could see me the way I see myself - if they could live in my memories - would anyone love me?

I pointed at the little kids goading each other to jump from rib cage to shoulder and Gus answered just loud enough for me to hear over the din, 'Last time, I imagined myself as the kid. This time, the skeleton.