I don't owe people anything, and I don't have to talk to them any more than I feel I need to.

It’s a huge thing, this Shift, just as big as I imagined. My brain doesn’t want to think anymore; all of a sudden it wants to do.

You want to play video games twenty-four hours a day?" "Or watch. I just want to not be me. Whether it's sleeping or playing video games or riding my bike or studying. Giving my brain up. That's what's important.

The stuff adults tell you not to do is the easiest.

I don't-" I shake my head. (...) "What? What were you going to say?" This is another trick of shrinks. They never let you stop in midthought. If you open your mouth, they want to know exactly what you had the intention of saying.

I think you run out of 'I love yous

I wanted to tell people, "My depression is acting up today" as an excuse for not seeing them, but I never managed to pull it off.