“I want to lay up like that, to float unstructured, without ambition or anxiety. I want to inhabit my life like a porch.”

“Those porch girls had no idea they were going to sprawl on that couch until the weight of their adolescent bodies sank down into the pillows. They have no idea when they will get up off that couch. They have no plans for what will happen next. They only know their bodies touching as they try to keep cool. They only know that the coolest spot they can find is in front of that rotary fan.I want to lay up like that, to float unstructured, without ambition or anxiety. I want to inhibit my life like a porch.”

“I wanted life that's comfortable enough for me, my ambitions and love.”

“I wanted this to be easy. I wanted to know for sure who I loved and why. I wanted to be in love without a hint of doubt.But I realised that I could want as hard as I liked; the reality was already messier than I liked. I was in over my head … and I had a panicked feeling that I wasn’t going to be able to manoeuvre this without screwing up big time.”

“I don't want to end up like my mom. That's my biggest fear in life.”

“I need more than the streets. I don’t want to be a floating crap game all my life. I want to be something . . . anything.”