“My name is Lake Suck and this is my manifesto. I swear to be myself. To think for myself. I will not be led by social conventions. I will make my own way through the world. I will live on my own terms without conforming to society's expectations of who they think I should be, I will be the visible minority.By being myself, I will help to save the world. I swear to always look, listen, learn, think, ask, act, and speak for myself.”

“I saved myself without thinking. I grasped the two syllables closest to me, and replaced my heartbeat with your name.”

“I talk about love, forgiveness, social justice; I rage against American materialism in the name of alturism, but have I even controlled my own heart? The overwhelming majority of time I spend thinking about myself, pleasing myself, reassuring myself, and when I am done there is nothing to spare for the needy. Six billion people live in this world, and I can only muster thoughts for one. Me.”

“I force myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.”

“I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.”

“They will be the architects of my fate, I think to myself, despite what Sybil said about my being the author of my own destiny.”