“When I was a kid we had a sandbox. It was a quicksand box. I was an only child...eventually.”

“It's like going out to the desert and screaming and then having little kids throw their sandbox at you. I'm only 24.”

“That’s what happens when you crowd enough folks into the same sandbox: eventually they’re gonna start throwing a fit over who gets what part to play with.”

“And all the nursemaids and kitchen maids I ever knew when I was a child, always had a aunt, who knew a woman, whose first cousin's boy had been put into just such a box, and had never been seen again.”

“When I was a kid, I had two friends, and they were imaginary and they would only play with each other.”

“New beginnings always had something special—starting at the bottom and making it to the top produced something magical. When you reach your destination, your goal, that’s when it really hits home. Maybe that’s why I felt the way I did. I knew I was just a kid, but eventually I’d become something much more. Eventually I’d be at the top. Someday.”