“It occurs to me that for a long time she has been doingher own version of resisting.”

“It suddenly occurred to me that every move on the chessboard is old and has been played by somebody at some time. Maybe our own history has been played out by somebody at some time, and we just move our pieces about in the same moves to strike in the same way as people have always done.”

“Sometimes the lights all shining on me, other times I can barely see. Lately it occurs to me what a long strange trip it's been.”

“For the first time in a long time, I actually look at her. I've always thought Lena was pretty, but now it occurs to me that at some point - last summer? last year? - she became beautiful.”

“my grandmother has given me her own version of the precious gift: the most precious gift any teenager coul ask for:MY GRANDMOTHER HAS GIVEN MY MY OWN SEX PLACE!!!!!”

“Protest is when I say this does not please me. Resistance is when I ensure what does not please me occurs no more.”