A person probably couldn't live without pride. But living by pride, alone the prospects were too dark. Way too dark.

“There's nothing at all in here," she said much later, her voice hoarse. "I'm cl…”

“I didn't feel like I was in my own body; my body was just a lonely, temporary c…”

“that one of our problems was our inability to recognize and accept our own defo…”

“Even though I might go out on a date with a boy, emotionally I just wouldn’t be…”