Suicide to them is an act of selfishness. Someone who is truly selfless does not think of himself often enough to desire death.

Come on,'he says.' I have something else to show you.

I don't want to stop you. I want you to stop yourself.

I laugh, and it's laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I've ever known is coming apart.

I kiss him as the train slides into unlit, uncertain land. I kiss him for as long as I want, for longer than I should, given that my brother sits three feet away from me.

Don’t tell me you’re going to eat a mashed-potato sandwich

Yeah, sometimes life really sucks. But you know what I'm holding on for? The moments that don't suck. The trick is to notice them when they come around.