You want to be a good person, don't you, Pat?' I nod. I cry. I do want to be a good person, I really do. 'I'm going to up your meds,' Dr. Patel tells me. 'You might feel a little sluggish, but it should help to curb your violent outbursts. You need to know it's your actions that will make you a good person, not desire.

I am so happy. I am so impossibly happy.

Let me tell ya. You gotta pay attention to signs. When life reaches out with a moment like this it's a sin if you don't reach back... I'm telling you.

What is reality if it isn't how we feel about things?

You need to make time for family no matter what happens in your life.

It hurts to look at the clouds, but it also helps, like most things that cause pain.

When she needed help most, she was abandoned.