Good luck, little Wanderer, good luck. How I wish you didn't need it.

it’s awful. No privacy, no secrets. Everything you’re ashamed of, laid out for everyone to see.

It's important for me to be free and know I'm acting for myself. I do things because I want to, and that's important. You want to be your own person.

He's got to let go of you sometime.

I'm really glad I did not tattoo on my body 'cause I don't want them. So, permanence is a very scary thing to me, along with things that don't change at all.

but you see, just because we've been...dealt a certain hand...it doesn't mean we can't choose to rise above- to conquer the boundaries of a destiny that none of us wanted. to try to retain whatever essential humanity we can.

It was nice to be alone, not to have to smile and look pleased; a relief to stare dejectedly out the window at the sheeting rain and let just a few tears escape.