I wanted to pull down a book, open it proper, and gobble up page after page

Death is funny, when you think about it. Everybody does it, but nobody knows how, exactly how.

Lawyers on TV always tell their clients not to say anything. The cops say that thing: 'Anything you say will be used against you.' Self-incrimination. I looked it up. Three-point vocab word. So why does everyone makes such a big hairy deal about me not talking? Maybe I don't want to incriminate myself. Maybe I don't like the sound of my voice. Maybe I don't have anything to say.

I pull my lower lip all the way in between my teeth. If I try hard enough, maybe I can gobble my whole self this way.... I didn't try hard enough to swallow myself.

They say they have noticed me drawing. I almost tell them right then and there. They noticed.

Life is for the living. Don't let the fear of striking out let you from keep you from playing the game.

I am not going to think about it. It was ugly, but it’s over, and I’m not going to think about it.