“Sometimes I think nothing is simple but the feeling of pain.”

“Sometimes I find myself sitting in one spot for hours, staring at nothing, thinking of nothing, feeling nothing, and most disturbingly, caring about nothing.”

“Anxiety and anticipation, I was to learn, are the essential ingredients in suffering from pain, as opposed to feeling pain pure and simple.”

“Sometimes I wish I never had to sleep. Sometimes I think that if I stay very, very still, if I never move at all, things will change. I think if I freeze myself I can freeze the pain. Sometimes I won’t move for hours. I will not move an inch. If time stands still nothing can go wrong.”

“Maybe I want everything to be as simple as two guys in bed together,” he said.“As simple as pleasing the man I belong to and making him feel better when he’s in pain.”

“Sometimes it feels good to have your biggest fears discounted with a simple compliment.”