“You are not your virginity. You are a human being. The state of your hymen has nothing to do with your worth.”

“Not living your life is just like killing yourself, only it takes longer.”

“I picked up my camera and held it at arm's length and took a picture of myself not caring. I called it: Glory Doesn't Care.”

“By shooting the darkest areas three zones lighter, you turned a black, lifeless max black zone 0 into a zone 3. I think, in life, most of us did this all the time.”

“My one regret was that I never photographed the bat before we drank it.”

“July 24, 6:03 A.M.The laundry was warm and the rafters were firm, and Michael Holzapfel jumped from the chair as if it were a cliff...Michael Holzapfel knew what he was doing. He killed himself for...”

“A book is a suicide postponed.”

“How much can you really trust the promise of a suicidal father?”