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.

But some people have to get lucky just to live. And I never knew I could make anybody lucky.

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.

Sometimes when you open a book, time stops.

(...) Since I was a kid." "Which you refer to as 'back when you were happy.'" "Right.

They've spent alot of money on me. I'm ashamed.

Do you even know who the enemy is?" "I think... it's me".