Holding Up the Universe

Trust me. You think no one understands and you’re alone, and that makes you angrier, and Why don’t they see it? Why doesn’t someone say, ‘Hey, you seem burdened by the world. Let me take that burden for a while so you don’t have to carry it around all the time.’ But it’s on you to speak up.

hey man, we’ve all got something. We’re all weird and damaged in our own way. You’re not the only one.

Prosopagnosia (pro-suh-pag-NO-zhuh) noun: 1. an inability to recognize the faces of familiar people, typically as a result of damage to the brain. 2. when everyone is a stranger.

She tells me about her new girlfriend, Elena,

As long as you live, there’s always something waiting; and even if it’s bad, and you know it’s bad, what can you do? You can’t stop living. (Truman Capote, In Cold Blood)

Atticus, he was real nice.…”

“Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.”

So I ask you, What can high school do to me that hasn’t already been done?

“If I want to carry a purse, I’m going to carry it. I’m not going to not carry it just because they don’t like it.”

As long as you live, there’s always something waiting; and even if it’s bad, and you know it’s bad, what can you do? You can’t stop living.

I’ve gotten really good at breathing.