“But I so want to walk that razor's edge,Take feeling to a whole new level.”

“TransformationIsn't easy when most of the people in your life think you're already perfect, and want you to stay just how they see you. Try to begina new phase, you'd better expectpush-back. Try to create a whole new you, your friend list will shrinkconsiderably.”

“Always before, I just said no, left it solidly there. I waver now. I want to share everything with him. Want to know what he knows, feel what he feels, share the same space he's in.”

“It's just so hard to feel good, you know?" I do know. And more than that, it's just so incredibly hard to feel.”

“I mean, who wants to trudge through life, doingeverything just right? Taking no chances meanswasting your dreams.”

“You can’t walk away from someone you love, leave them drowning in your desertion. If love has no more meaning than that, you can keep it. I don’t want it now or ever again. Don’t want to hear the word or wear its scars.”

“So you want to know all about me. WhoI am.What chance meeting of brush and canvas paintedthe faceyou see? What made me despise the girlin the mirrorenough to transform her,turn her to into a stranger,only not. So you want to hear the whole story. WhyI swervedoff the high road,hard left to nowhere,recklesslyindifferent to those coughing my dust,picked up speed no limits,no top end,just a high velocity rush to madness.”