He must love me, i thought, amazed. A faint whiff of nausea hit me at seeing pain as proof of love, but it seemed true. Unavoidable.

A true freak cannot be made. A true freak must be born.

Sometimes just looking at [my parents] I wanted to bash their heads with a tire iron. Not to kill them, just to wake them up.

Suddenly the staggering love bursts away from me like milk from a smashed glass.

Prior to penicillin and medical research, death was an everyday occurrence. It was intimate.

My worst is all out in the open. It makes it necessary for people to tell you about themselves.

He must love me, i thought, amazed. A faint whiff of nausea hit me at seeing pain as proof of love, but it seemed true. Unavoidable.