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“Its a huge thing, this Shift, just as big as I imagined. My brain doesnt want to think anymore; all of a sudden it wants to do.”
“I wasn't going to have enough money to pay for a Good Lifestyle, which meant I'd feel ashamed, which meant I'd get depressed, and that was the big one because I knew what that did to me: it made it...”
“I'm waiting for her to say "Craig, what you need to do is X" and for the Shift to occur. I want there to be a Shift so bad. I want to feel my brain slide back into the slot it was meant to be in, r...”
“Whether it's sleeping or playing video games or riding my bike or studying. Giving my brain up. That's what's important.”
“People are screwed up in this world. I'd rather be with someone screwed and open about it than somebody perfect and...you know... ready to explode.”
“It's not a mental complaint-it's a physical thing, like it's physically hard to open your mouth and make the words come out. ... you stumble on them as they gather behind your lower lip. So you jus...”
“I'll fail.""At schoool.""Failing at school is failing at life.”
“I ask the nurse wrapping up her dispensing duties if I need any meds, and she says I'm not scheduled for any. I ask her if I can have some. She asks what I need them for. I tell her, to deal with t...”
“When you mess something up, you learn for the next time.”
“You all right, man?' This should be my name. I could be like a super hero: You All Right Man. Ah...' I stumble.Don't bug Craig,' Ronny is like. 'He's in the Craig zone. He's Craig-ing out.”
“your relationship with airthats key. You cant break up with air. Youre kind of stuck together. Only slightly less crucial is water. And then food. You cant be dropping food to hang with someone els...”
“That's worst than gonerreha, man!”
“It's not a big thing, but I guess it's true- big things are often just small things that are noticed.”
“I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad.”
“I shrug. I don't really need to explain this to Aaron. He's been demoted from most important friend to friend, and he's going to have to earn that, even. And you know what else? I don't owe people ...”
“Like I'm on the verge of just blowing up. All the stress and pressure and anxiety just bubbling up.”
“After college, I went through my own shit and decided that all physical suffering in the world couldn't compare to mental anguish. And when I got myself, I decided to help other people.”
“And I'm not assuming and I'm not judging. I'm just being curious.”
“I can smell the sex on her. I hope she smells the love on me.”
“I am a guy," I say."And I hate boys," she says."But a guy's different," I say."Maybe a little," she says.”
