“Pretend hard enough and maybe it will go away.”

“Inanity is pretending that Afghanistan will go away if we leave.”

“It’s hard to let go. Even when what you’re holding onto is full of thorns, it’s hard to let go. Maybe especially then.”

“When you notice light seeping into your coffin, it's hard to go on pretending that you're still dead.”

“Maybe that's the best part of going away for a vacation-coming home again.”

“But you have to figure that if it’s too hard to hang on, then maybe you should let go.”

“I pull my lower lip all the way in between my teeth. If I try hard enough, maybe I can gobble my whole self this way…. I didn't try hard enough to swallow myself.”

“Maybe it was just part of growing up with someone. Once you have a rhythm and stay with it long enough, it's not hard to find again.”

“Come and have a go, if you think you're hard enough”

“It was hard to live normally when you were constantly pretending you didn't see what was going on in front of your face.”