“I will do my best to dodge tonight's depressionHide in sleepDamage myself in dreamsWake up older, slightly more used.”

“‎As I get older I see that running has changed for me. What used to be about burning calories is now more about burning up what is false. Lies I used to tell myself about who I was and what I could do, friendships that cannot withstand hills or miles, the approval I no longer need to seek, and solidarity that cannot bear silence. I run to burn up what I don't need and ignite what I do.”

“I'm not sure you get wiser as you get older, Starling, but you do learn to dodge a certain amount of hell.”

“Hello, cell. How are you? Still dank and dirty? Me? I've taken up a new habit: talking to my cell. It's like talking to myself but slightly more pathetic.”

“I won't change anything in my life I'm staying myself tonight ”

“...as I get older, I find myself insisting on my right to be philosophically sloppy.”