“The politeness was painful. I wanted to push through it, to return to the glow of the night of the concert, but I was unsure of how to get back there.”

“I want to push the fast-forward button until I get back to happy.”

“It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think "Wow how did I get here?”

“I'm glad to be here right now, poking at my threshold. I want to get more comfortable being uncomfortable. I want to get more confident being uncertain. I don't want to shrink back just because something isn't easy. I want to push back, and make more room in the area between I can't and I can. Maybe that spot is called I will.”

“10% ago I was 90% unsure of what I didn’t want to do. Now I’m just 33.3% sure that I’m 66.6% unsure. And I can say this with .1% certainty.”

“She moved through it carrying her fat book, attracted, unsure, a stranger, wanting to feel relevant but knowing how much of a search among alternative universes it would take.”