“I’ve got to sleep. Sleep is my only way to escape.”

“Got my shit together” Definition: I’ve learned how to play it cool. I’ve got some ideas worked out.”

“I pretend I’ve got lots of confidence and I’m a big jock and like that but deep inside I’m a frightened, insecure, can’t-make-it failure.”

“Why so much hate in your mind when love is the only way to straighten things out?”

“…I’d have died without them [books]. Even now I’m not really sure which parts of myself are real and which parts are things I’ve gotten from books.”

“I feel rotten but I can’t change the way I feel.”

“Why is life so difficult? Why can't we be just ourselves and have everyone accept us the way we are?”