I want to go to sleep and not wake up, but I don’t want to die.

The trick to surviving an interrogation is patience. Don't offer up anything. Don't explain. Answer the question and only the question that is asked so you don't accidentally put your head in a noose.

I am getting better at smiling when people expect it.

I am the space between my thighs, daylight shining through.

Can't escape pain, kiddo. Battle through it and you get stronger.

I won the wintergirl trip over the border into dangerland.

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.