“I don't want to die, but I don't want to be the only one to live, either. When I was sitting alone last night, I kind of figured maybe that's how Jesus felt.”
“I don't want to die, but I don't want to live either. I'm scared to live and scared to die.”
“That's when I realize how much I don't want to be alone, how sobbing should not be a solitary sport..”
“I don't like a kind of workshop that is about editing--I don't want to sit there and be an editor. I don't want to tell someone how to "fix" a poem.”
“I don't want only one night. I want all the nights. I want all of you, forever.”
“Maybe this is why I sleep only a few hours a month. I don't want to die again. This has become clearer and clearer to me recently, a desire so sharp and focused I can hardly believe it's mine: I don't want to die. I don't want to disappear. I want to stay.”