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Chapters 1-12

"It's so hard to talk when you want to kill yourself."

"You see how the words work? They betray your mouth and walk away."

"I have a system with bathrooms. I spend a lot of time in them. They are sanctuaries, public places of peace spaced throughout the world for people like me."

"'Life is a nightmare.'"

"A person's relationship with food is one of their most important relationships."

"Math. Are you able to turn off your mind to the world and fill it with symbols that follow rules?"

"I don't know how I can be so ambitious and so lazy at the same time."

"'Time is a person-made concept.'" -page 115

"Maybe it was stupid and solipisistic, but I liked to think about me. I didn't want to be part of some trend." -page 119

"But you know what, it's time for me to stop putting other people's emotions ahead of my own." -page 126

"When am I going to not be a nobody?" -page 136

"'Life is not cured, Mr. Gilner.' Dr. Mahmoud leans in. 'Life is managed.'" -page 239

"'What about: I got Jack and shit and Jack left town.'" -page 243

"It's when people compliment you that you're in trouble. That means they expect you to keep it up." -page 268

"I'm done with those; regrets are an excuse for people who have failed." -page 355

"Everybody has problems. Some people just hide their crap better than others." -page 366

"Live. Live. Live. Live." -page 444