“Never kill yourself, son. You might miss something. Like the point.”

“You'd kill yourself for regognition, kill yourself to never ever stop. You broke there mirror, you're turning into something your not.”

“I can pretty much guarantee that you will at some point find yourself doing something that at one point you swore you'd never do. You'll do it for the sake of getting high, either directly or indirectly. Trust me. It will happen. You might think you know yourself better than anyone, but you have yet to become acquainted with your addiction. It will introduce itself in ways that you never thought were possible.”

“I miss him like one might miss a scar, or wooden leg, something disfiguring but characteristic.”

“How do you resign yourself to something that will never be? You stop wanting just that thing. You go numb. Or you kill the agent of desire.”

“Right, let's go rope shopping. You should buy some rope or cord yourself; it might come in handy. You might need it when you kill yourself.”