“It’s funny how you can live somewhere your whole life, but not really see it.”

“It’s funny how the good things are all tied up with the bad. Sometimes it’s hard to tell which is which. But either way, you end up taking your sugar with your salt and your kicks with your kisses.”

“Was it really so far-fetched to think that words had a way of shaping a person's whole life?”

“I'd never really thought past the whole dying-for-the-sake-of-the-world part of things. When you're alive, you don't dwell on how you're going to spend your time once you're dead. You just figure you're gone, and the rest will pretty much take care of itself.”

“I really was alone, and the only thing worse than being alone was having everyone else see how lonely you were”

“It's hard to imagine a place like that really exists. People have been judging me my whole life.”

“It's crazy what you see if you aren't really looking.”