When Things Don't Go Well, It Helps

There's Not Some Finite Amount Of Pain Inside Us. Our Bodies And Minds Just Keep Manufacturing More Of It.

I Did A Lot Of Reading Of The Bible And Became Fascinated With The Idea Of The Rapture. It's Pretty Wild. I Hadn't Heard Of It Until I Was In College.

Apparently Even The Most Awful Tragedies, And The People They'd Ruined, Got A Little Stale After A While.

She Would Be A Mentor And An Inspiration To Girls Like Herself, The Quiet Ones Who'd Sleepwalked Their Way Through High School, Knowing Nothing Except That They Couldn't Possibly Be Happy With Any Of The Choices The World Seemed To Be Offering Them.

They Both Seemed To Understand That Describing It Was Beyond Their Powers, The Gratitude That Spreads Through Your Body When A Burden Gets Lifted, And The Sense Of Homecoming That Follows, When You Suddenly Remember What It Feels Like To Be Yourself.