In the outside world, he told me, there was no real silence.

“If you’re lis­ten­ing to this, you know that I’m dead.”

“Sui­cide is very con­ta­gious.”

“May I never be complete. May I never be content. May I never be perfect.”

“I want you to do me a favor. I want you to hit me as hard as you can."I looked …”