“When you’re dying in America, at the end of the millennium, you’re not alone”

“Consolations are empty when you’re alone”

“Childhood is over when you know you’re gonna die.”

“If you’re from a town called Away, when you’re home, you’re Away. But when you’re away, you’re not home.”

“When they ask how you’re feeling, you tell them you’re feeling like something important died screaming. You tell them you’re feeling like something even more important arrived breathing, something you should probably try feeding. When they ask how you’re living, you tell them you’re living like something important died hissing. You tell them you’re living like something even more important arrived giving, something you should probably try willing.”

“You can blame it all on fate and the universe, but in the end you alone decide if you’re going to lie down and let hell take you under, or if you’re going to stand strong in defiance of it all with your middle finger raised.”