I started to like the feeling of melancholy [...] The way that it felt good when you put a thumb on a bruise and pressed down

They were trying to kick you out of childhood. Once you were gone, there was no going back, so you had to hold on as long as you could

Love is a big and wonderful idea, but life is made up of small things

If you want to get a child to love you, then you should just go and hide in the closet for three or four hours. They get down on their knees and pray for you to return. That child will turn you in to God. Lonely children probably wrote the Bible

I don't know why I was upset about not being an adult. It was right around the corner. Becoming a child again is what is impossible. That's what you have a legitimate reason to be upset over. Childhood is the most valuable thing that's ever taken away from you in life, if you think about it