That sounds so weird: "kill yourself." It makes it sound like you tried to murder someone, only that someone is you. But killing someone is wrong, and I don't think suicide is. It's my life, right? I should be able to end it if I want to. I don't think it's a sin.

I knew people were talking, but I wasn't listening. I wasn't interested in anything anyone had to say.

When people hurt us, the best thing to do isn’t to ask why they did it but to remind ourselves that it wasn’t our fault.

Let me tell something, seeing your name and psychiatric ward on the same piece of paper isn't the best way to start your day.

That's what people do. Kill the things they're afraid of.

I swear, sometimes it feels like there's this monkey in my head who runs around turning the dials and changing channels on me. One minute I'm sitting around eating chocolate chip cookies and then all of a sudden I'm thinking about bears.

I know all about dreams that make you want to scream.