She's pretty." (It's amazing how girls can say this and make it the most withering insult.)

I had hurt her feelings, I found out later; I didn’t know I had that power.

Sometimes I just think depression's one way of coping with the world. Like, some people get drunk, some people do drugs, some people get depressed. Because there's so much stuff out there that you have to do something to deal with it.

Dr. Barney stared at me, his lips puckered. What was he so serious about? Who hasn’t thought about killing themselves, as a kid? How can you grow up in this world and not think about it?

I have a system with bathrooms. I spend a lot of time in them. They are sanctuaries, public places of peace spaced throughout the world for people like me.

Life can't be cured, but it can be managed.

If you can't get out of bed for long enough, people come and take your bed away