“How satisfying it is to leave a mark on a blank surface. To make a map of my movement - no matter how temporary.”

“I wanted a heaven. And I grew up striving for that world-- an eternal world- that would wash away my temporary misery.”

“For what matters if I gain the whole world, but lose my soul?”

“On my first visit to the public library, I was like a kid at a candy store where all the candy was free.I gorged myself until my tummy ached.”

“I was grateful for cereal --- the only food that my tummy, riddled by pangs of infatuation, could handle.”

“You have so many layers, that you can peel away a few, and everyone's so shocked or impressed that you're baring your soul, while to you it's nothing, because you know you've twenty more layers to go.”

“Something about being rejected at Church Camp felt so much more awful than being rejected at school. ”