“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?”

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

“Pressed against her I can hear eternity -- hollow, lonely spaces and currents that churn ceaselessly, and the fallen snow welcomes the falling snow with a whispered "Hush".”

“I promise-ted I'd care up for him downwise 'til the tailend of time.”

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

“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.”