“Your failures and your faults, they stick with you. They glob into ugly, cancerous growths inside you and make you want to die.”

“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.”

“I wish I could tell my parents, " If you want to help me, help me die.”

“The best thing about coming out is, it's totally liberating. You feel like you've made this incredible discovery about yourself and you want to share it and be open and honest and not spend all your time wondering how is this person going to react, or should I be careful around this person, or what will the neighbors say? And it's more. It's about getting past the question of what's wrong with me, to knowing there's nothing wrong, that you were born this way. You're a normal person and a beautiful person and you should be proud of who you are. You deserve to live with dignity and show people your pride.”

“What I know is you can't go back. You can't press delete and re-key your life.”

“This is my fault. Mine. Making her think I'd be here for her.”

“But you'd sell your soul for it, wouldn't you? For one day of feeling beautiful.”