“It’s also nice to feel good at something. Even if that thing makes you very uncomfortable at times. Even if that thing puts a lot of pressure on you. Even if that thing is very stressful. Sometimes it’s just nice to feel good at something.” – pg. 68
“Fun isn’t a thing I’m particularly familiar with. Life’s a serious thing. There’s a lot going on in this place.” – pg. 82
“Through writing, I feel power for maybe the first time in my life. I don’t have to say somebody else’s words. I can write my own.” – pg. 85
“Writing is the opposite of performing to me. Performing feels inherently fake. Writing feels inherently real.” – pg. 86
“I disdain the part of me that’s romantic. I’m embarrassed by it.” – pg. 111
“I’m shocked by how many people think they’re original and say the same thing.” – pg. 120
“I don’t like knowing people in the context of things. Oh, that’s the person I work out with. That’s the person I’m in a book club with. That’s the person I did that show with. Because once the context ends, so does the friendship.” – pg. 166
“I’m allowed to hate someone else’s dream, even if it’s my reality.” – pg. 220
“I want to do good work. I want to do work I’m proud of. This matters to me on a deep, inherent level. I want to make a difference, or at least feel like I’m making a difference through my work. Without that feeling, that connection, the work feels pointless and vapid. I feel pointless and vapid.” – pg. 226
“I like that I’m able to get myself on paper. It simplifies things for me.” – pg. 274
“The people I was close to seemed like friends for life, people I could never imagine not seeing every day. But life happens. Love happens. Loss happens. Change and growth happen at different paces for different people, and sometimes the paces just don’t line up. It’s devastating if I think too much about it, so I usually don’t.” – pg. 300
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