“After a few months in my parents' basement, I took an apartment near the state university, where I discovered both crystal methamphetamine and conceptual art. Either one of these things are dangerous, but in combination they have the potential to destroy entire civilizations.”

“It was the hardest boyfriend I ever had to break up with [referring to crystal methamphetamines]”

“I have a moment where I finally realize that the aching heart, the longing, the grief, the insanity...I finally get it after all these month. That all those things combined are what letting go feels like.”

“Nobody is superior, nobody is inferior, but nobody is equal either. People are simply unique, incomparable. You are you, I am I. I have to contribute my potential to life; you have to contribute your potential to life. I have to discover my own being; you have to discover your own being.”

“I have discovered with advancing years that few things are entirely black or white, but more often different shades of grey.”

“Coffee leads to cigarettes leads to cocaine and crystal methamphetamine.”