“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.”

“Shame is always easier to handle if you have someone to share it with.”

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

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

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

“I love the sea because it is boundless.”