As if at the age of eighteen life already sucked beyond any hope of improvement.

“When I got to my own face, I found myself staring at it, so bright with dark al…”

“I was heading off to my new world. But I was taking a part of my past, and the …”

“You didn't have to take a punch for me, you know,' he said. 'I'm a lover, not a…”

“I'd been convinced I was on the outside, but really, I'd always been within arm…”