“I wanted myself. I wouldn't let what was mine be destroyed.”
“I couldn't even think about wanting to be something else; I wouldn't let myself visualize another life. But I wrote because I couldn't stop. It was a release, a mental exercise, a way of keeping sane.”
“And if I wanted to kill myself, I wouldn't throw myself off a roof. And if I was going to throw myself off a roof, I would put on some pants before I did it.”
“I didn't promise I wouldn't break your tender heart, Mica. Protect it from me. Don't let me touch that part of you. Don't let me destroy both of us that way.”
“I want to open myself, let him inside. But how do I give what has already been taken?”
“I always wanted to be a juvenile delinquent but my parents wouldn't let me.”