“Maybe I'm sad about wanting you. I'm not too comfortable with wanting someone.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“Sometimes, upon waking, the residual dream can be more appealing that reality, and one is reluctant to give it up. For a while, you feel like a ghost -- Not fully materialized, and unable to manipulate your surroundings. Or else, it is the dream that haunts you. You wait with the promise of the next dream.”

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