“But the thing about a cry for help is that someone else needs to be around to hear it.”

“She was right about one thing - I did need a caring, responsible adult around. If I could have cried on the shoulder of someone I trusted, I never would have stopped. Where were all the adults?”

“Only a weak person needed someone else around all the time.”

“Who are you all going to gossip about once thecelebrities leave town? You’ll need to find someone else to talk about.” I couldn’t help but laugh.“We’ll just talk about you, Tar. We’ll sit around and reminisce about how much fun you used to bewhile using the cobwebs growing between your legs to knit hats for the poor!”

“I know how it feels to be completely alone and helpless, and the last thing you want to hear in that situation is, 'It's going to be OK.' "The only thing that seems to really help is that someone else who has felt that low expressing those feelings to you.”

“It's a strange thing, how you can love somebody, how you can be all eaten up inside with needing them--and they simply don't need you. That's all there is to it, and neither of you can do anything about it. And they'll be the same way with someone else, and someone else will be the same way about you and it goes on and on--this desperate need--and only once in a rare million do the same two people need each other.”