Human can surprise you sometimes. An unpredictable species, Homo sapiens

Humans waste words. They toss them like banana peels and leave them to rot. Everyone knows the peels are the best part.

Yes," he said. "You were strong. You were brave. You were good. You mattered.

Homework, I have discovered, involves a sharp pencil and thick books and long sighs.

I just want to get on a table, dance on someone's tater tots, and wait for the hall monitor to drag me away

My life is flashing lights and pointing fingers and uninvited visitors. Inches away, humans flatten their little hands against the wall of glass that separates us.The glass says you are this and we are that and that is how it will always be.

And oh, god, how could so much regret and so much sweetness and so much sadness all be present in that single moment. I was already dead and missing my unlived life. I was already dead and Tobias was mourning. I tried to smile. For him.