Status Updates From All Our Broken Pieces

“Fact: trying to reason with a middle-aged man is very similar to trying to deal with a petulant toddler.”

“I wish I’d enjoyed being five more, but I guess there was no way for me to know back then that age five would be the last year of my life without a curse on my skin.”

“And some days, even though I know my own happiness is up to me, Kyler is the reason I remember how to smile.”

“‘I try not to wonder what things are like. I do them, so I know firsthand.’
‘Don’t you get scared? What if you die?’
‘Everybody dies sometime, Lennon.’
‘But why would you put yourself at risk?’
‘I guess because I want to feel everything there is about living.’”

“‘Is that what you’re after? Greatness?’

‘Not quite. I’m after a life I don’t wake up to fifteen years from now wishing it was different.’ I tap my temple. ‘Thinking ahead.’”

“They’re ludicrous, and the chances of any of them happening are pretty much zero. I know this without an ounce of doubt or any question in my mind, yet that doesn’t stop the thought, and it doesn’t stop my brain from believing that thought to be true. Over and over again. It’s as if I’m painfully and constantly aware of the fact that I am insane.”

“Telling someone with OCD not to worry is like telling someone not to have blue eyes or five fingers. It’s illogical and absurd.”