“When a person is lucky enough to live inside a story, to live inside an imaginary world, the pains of this world disappear. For as long as the story goes on, reality no longer exists.”
“I get lost inside my stories. Reality doesn't exist inside the worlds I create.”
“What is wise in this world exists equally inside of us and outside of us, and it is through collaboration that wisdom, stories, songs are made manifest.”
“That's the trouble with pain, Ellie. If you're lucky, you can wear it for all the world to see. Most people have their pain deep inside, in places no one ever goes. Not until it's too late.”
“"Living inside an over-sized body, I felt safer than I had in years. But something was missing. My heartbeat, I could no longer feel it beneath the walls of fat and pain." Small Pleasures: Mya's Story”
“We live not in the world outside, but in a world inside ourselves.”