“My heart was closed. Cold.I was self-conscious and cynical.”

“These are the pieces of my youth,the small secrets and the not-so-great expectationsthat defined my coming of age.”

“When the face in the mirror doesn’t please you, turn it into a canvas.”

“I walked around Soho's street for over an hour, running into familiar faces but never once stopping to chat. It was then that I felt something discomforting and comforting all at once. I didn't want to be here, in this city, anymore.”

“It didn’t rain for you, maybe, but it always rains for me. The sky shatters and rains shards of glass.”

“He laughed. I suddenly wanted to laugh, to laugh with him, to sit here, or maybe outside in the rain, and just laugh with him. But I couldn’t. I couldn’t even smile.”

“When I stop at a stop sign, I don’t think about the distance I’ve crossed. I just wish I never had to stop.”