“May 4, 2006Blog Entry #1There once was a girl who took everything for granted. She had friends.She had good friendsfriends who saw her geeky exterior but loved her anyway, friends who had known her...”

“I remember when I was five playing tag with Cara and her brother. I accidentally got pushed into the side of her trampoline, and I bit the inside of my mouth. Blood gushed everywhere. Caras mom hel...”

“I remember when I was growing up and there would be sick people in the church. I was always so sensitive to them sitting in the pews alone, and I would not pass by without saying hello. But even at...”

“When you go into the psych ward, you cant have anything with you except colored pencils. You cant have any electronics. If you have a drawstring on your pants, a belt, shoelaces, a hood, or extra-l...”

“Does the butterfly lose time in the months it grows from caterpillar to flying beauty? One day, Im going to want to sleep twelve hours at a stretch and I wont be able to. Im not losing time. I am g...”

“There is nothing as delicate, as stunning, and as vulnerable as the heart.”

“Whatever you do, don’t feel sorry for me. I know it’s the best you can do. Life hasn’t hit you in your perfect little bubble yet. Please don’t try to understand. Nobody can. No one knows what it’s ...”

“Pain is not the same as suffering. Left to itself, the body discharges pain spontaneously, letting go of it the moment that the underlying cause is healed. Suffering is pain that we hold on to. It ...”

“In pleasant peace and security How suddenly the soul in a man begins to die He shall look up above the stalled oxen Envying the cruel falcon, And dig under the straw for a stone To bruise himself on.”

“It is amazing, though, what pains your subconscious will undergo in achieve sustainable peace.”

“Before she closed the door, she hit me with this one: "I feel like it's November first," she said, "and I'm that discarded jack-o'-lantern whose heart and guts are splattered all over the boulevard...”