Without Dignity, Identity Is Erased.

I Got Sick When I Was 19, And I'd Been A Really Healthy 19-year-old, So I Don't Have A Lot To Compare It To. Does It Feel Like The Pain After You Give Birth? I Don't Know

My Illness Is Excruciating And Difficult To Cope With. It Takes Over Your Entire Life And Causes More Suffering Than I Can Describe.

I Think Authors Can Get Into Trouble Viewing The Subject Matter As Their Turf

I Have To Detach Myself Completely From Aspirations. I Hardly Ever Listen To Music Anymore Because It Arouses All Of This Yearning In Me

Such Beauty, He Thought, Was Too Perfect To Have Come About By Mere Chance. That Day In The Center Of The Pacific Was, To Him, A Gift Crafted Deliberately, Compassionately, For Him And Phil. Joyful And Grateful In The Midst Of Slow Dying, The Two Men Bathed In That Day Until Sunset Brought Is, And Their Time In The Doldrums, To An End.