"But I was sure about me, about everything, surer than he could ever be, sure of my life and sure of the death I had waiting for me. Yes, that was all I had. But at least I had as much of a hold on it as it had on me. I had been right, I was still right, I was always right. I had lived my life one way and I could just as well have lived it another. I had done this and I hadn't done that. I hadn't done this thing but I had done another. And so? It was as if I had waited all this time for this moment and for the first light of this dawn to be vindicated."
- The Stranger

i dont

owe anybody anything.
i dont have to explain myself and i dont live for anybody but myself.
sorry, but thats just the way i work.
i'm happy with where im at and what im doing, and thats all that matters. let's just leave it at that and move on.

I feel like I'm already done with highschool. I'm ready to leave, ready to say goodbye. I'm ready to start my life and get a move on...



"Hunger drives the beast, human
or otherwise, and it is
the essence of humanity.
Hunger for food. Power.
Sex. All tangled together.



Hunger that gave me
the courage to knock on
a stranger's door. Looking
back, I realize the danger.
But then I felt invincible.
Or maybe just starved."
- Ellen Hopkins, Tricks