“My world had become his, or his mine; it was hard to say”

“The moment was surreal. A sometimes-autistic young man with two identities lecturing a room full of zombies on feelings and realities.”

“No, no. Not a genius. This is like what reading is like for you. You look at the squiggles and loops, and the puzzle opens until suddenly nothing means something, something more than the sum of the...”

“Frightened that you'll be overcome by yourself? That a gentle monster inside of you might take over and never let go?”

“What's wrong with me? I lose my footing, in here.' He touched his head. 'When a neuro-typical looses their footing, they yell or escape to the TV, or maybe the doctor throws them on depression meds...”

“We're all here. We're close to the truck, and we met Kenton, a fine citizen of Salem. We rescued Izzy and found our way through a very sad darkness, dangers that we knew from Izzy's Orion interpret...”

“I'll never forget the way he tastes. It's not anything I can describe, a little sweet and a whole lot of spice, and it feels, in that moment, absolutely right.”

“My world had become his, or his mine; it was hard to say”

“The moment was surreal. A sometimes-autistic young man with two identities lecturing a room full of zombies on feelings and realities.”

“When we are healthy, wealthy and powerful, we forget about our mortality. Its only when irreparable cracks set in that we come back to reality.”

“The cracks in your heart are there so the light can shine through.”

“Dwelling among shipwrecked dreams and losing oneself in wishful thinking cannot be a solution to tribulations. Identifying cracks and apprehending the defaults in one's life is essential to find a ...”

“There will be so much more in between. So much uncertainty. I don't know if we'll survive the catacombs, let alone the rest of it. But it doesn't matter. For now, these steps are enough. These firs...”

“I should just build a bleeding house here," I mutter as I pick myself up off the snow-covered ground. "Maybe get a few chickens. Plant a garden.”