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

“Shoulda, coulda, woulda. It's so easy in the past tense. ”

“But the original was there as well—more jaded and rudimentary, functional rathe…”

“It was just one of those things," I said, "You know, that just happen. You don'…”

“Isabel had hated me on sight, and not because I was fat. Just because she could.”