“She'll go to hell. They all will. If hell will even have them.”

“But hell would have to freeze over before I ever wore a dress.”

“I gaze up at the ceiling. Through it. Past Kim and Chip's room on the second floor into the sky, space, heaven, hell. Who says hell is down? It could be up. It could be next door to heaven. Hell could be a subset of heaven, like a ghetto in the middle of a glass city.”

“What awaits you? Eternal peace. Serenity. The light on the other side. What awaits me is unknown. The only certainty is that life is an eternal hell.”

“I hated him. I hated them all. They made me hate myself even more than I already did.”

“I know it's hard on her. If I don't tell her she'll kill me." He pauses. "That was supposed to be funny.”

“Year after year. "Please don't make me go [to school]""You have to go," Kim would say. "It's a new school, make a new start." "Sticks and stones." from Chip. Words will only kill you.”