“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.”

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

“You're more than a story.”

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

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

“Her lips tarried at mine. Baiting each other with the warmth of our breath, barely grazing, detouring, then connecting.”