Translucence.

“When she needed help most, she was abandoned—and only when she offered help to others was she beloved.”

“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”

“Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I’ve ever known.”

“This is not something anyone can teach you. Heartbreak you must learn on your own.”

“I can never fight for myself, but, for others, I can kill.”

“Its over . She got colder , now she can’t locate where her heart is .”

“In my heart there was a kind of fighting That would not let me sleep.”

“Sometimes, my body feels like a burial ground for all the people I should have become.”

“Nothing comes out of nothing.”

“People. People. Endless noise. And I am so tired. And I would like to sleep under trees; red ones, blue ones, swirling passionate ones.”

“And I have been haunted by these things I still have left to say.”

“And it’s hard to hate someone once you understand them.”

“How nice — to feel nothing, and still get full credit for being alive.”

“Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.”