“Exercise II.Write a diary, imagining that you are trying to make an old person jealous. I have written an example to get you started:Dear Diary,I spent the morning admiring my skin elasticity. God alive, I feel supple.”

“Sonething's getting in the way!Something's just about to break!I will try to find my place, In the Diary of Jane.As I burn another page,As I look the other way,I still try to find my place,In the Diary of Jane...”

“I swear, you are the only person I know who makes decisions based on what will provide the best material for a diary.”

“Something's getting in the way something's just about to break, I will try to find a place in the Diary of Jane, as I burn another page as I look the other way, I still try ti find my place in the Diary of Jane, so tell me how it should be ”

“That night I sat up writing in my diary writing to Big Me: 'I hope you are alive ' I wrote. 'I hope that I don't die before you are able to read this.”

“My mother had always taught me to write about my feelings instead of sharing really personal things with others, so I spent many evenings writing in my diary, eating everything in the kitchen and waiting for Mr. Wrong to call.”