“I'm sure there are aspects of my personality buried within me that will surface as soon as I know I am completely loved.”

“When people claim to know who I am, I can no longer act freely.”

“There's a place beyond words where experience first occurs to which I always want to return. I suspect that whenever I articulate my thoughts or translate my impulses into words, I am betraying the real thoughts and impulses which remain hidden.”

“I deserve no punishment at all for being who I am.”

“At first I was afraid that I would be left defenseless, that I would babble aloud the things I've always been terrified of saying. Instead, opium made me realize that I could say anything I liked without losing my identity.”

“As a child I used to lie on the floor with my eyes tightly closed and hope that people would walk past without noticing me. That would mean I was truly invisible.”

“Lovers are not snails; they don't have to protrude from their shells and meet each other halfway. Meet me within your own self.”