"I would like to be everyone, a cripple, a dying man, a whore, and then come back to write about my thoughts, my emotions, as that person. But I am not omniscient. I have to live my life, and it is the…"

"I don't care about anyone, and the feeling is quite obviously mutual."

"I felt my old world, my old self, beginning to rot away from me."

"I am afraid of getting married. I am afraid of losing my identity. I am afraid of being absorbed by a man. I am afraid of being reduced to a wife. I am afraid of being reduced to a mother. I am afraid…"

"I took a deep breath and made myself small. I knew I had a choice. I could be a victim of my circumstances, or I could be a conqueror."