“Everybody breaks sooner or later, Bob. Anyone can drown. Sometimes you see it. Most often, youdont because the body protects and the skin hides, so drowning doesnt look like drowning and somepeople...”

“Honestly, Bob: how do you carve a scream?”

“Tell yourself youre dead, the way Matt does, so the past cant hurt you.”

“They call it the drowning instinct. It's when drowning doesn't look like drowning. (pg. 241)”

“Tell yourself you’re dead, the way Matt does, so the past can’t hurt you.”

“great writers are indecent peoplethey live unfairlysaving the best part for paper.good human beings save the worldso that bastards like me can keep creating art,become immortal.if you read this aft...”

“Some writers enjoy writing, I am told. Not me. I enjoy having written.”

“Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious. When you're conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring about the truth, you have the ability to throw the lights on ...”