“Even though I'm surrounded by pupils, there is the invisible screen screen between us, and behind the glass wall I am screaming - screaming in my own silence, screaming to be noticed, to be befriended, to be liked.”

“Nothing can relieve the pain. Not crying, laughing, screaming, begging. Nothing can change the past.”

“The words fire from my mouth like bullets, ricocheting off the walls before I can even register what I'm saying.”

“Otherwise I'll fall apart. I'm going to fall apart. I am falling apart.”

“And this is something I must accept - even if, like acid on metal, it is slowly corroding me inside.”

“I am overcome by a feeling of complete detachment. I am a mere object to these people. I am barely human any more.”

“Lochie. The boy I once loved. The boy I still love. The boy I will continue to love, even when my part in this world is over too.”