If it weren't my life, I wouldn't have believed it.

Only someone who'd never been an animal would put up a sign saying not to feed them.

It's so hard to express yourself.' I understand this.' I want to express myself.' The same is true for me.' I'm looking for my voice.' It's in your mouth.' I want to do something I'm not ashamed of.' Something you are proud of, yes?' Not even. I just don't want to be ashamed.

She wanted more, more slang, more figures of speech, the bee's knees, the cats pajamas, horse of a different color, dog-tired, she wanted to talk like she was born here, like she never came from anywhere else

You only get to keep what you refuse to let go of.

We all choose things, and we also all choose against things. I want to be the kind of person who chooses for more than chooses against.

Feathers filled the small room. Our laughter kept the feathers in the air. I thought about birds. Could they fly is there wasn't someone, somewhere, laughing?