• "I felt like the Russian nesting dolls my mother collected. Every time something happened, another outer proctetive layer was taken off and I was left a little smaller than before. I just hoped that things would turn around before there was nothing left."
• "I was definitely falling for Jeremy, mainly because he thus far hadn't showed the least bit of interest in my existence- a highly attractive quality in a potential mate considering the strongest feelings for a boy to that point had been Matt Dillon."
• "I found being stoned the opposite of relaxing. Unless I was by myself, surrounded by food and in no danger of any social interaction, I was okay, but that was rare."

"It wasn't like I wasn't having a good time with him- it just wasn't an online good time... I had trouble relaxing on our second date. Although there was a copious amount of sake consumed, I couldn't shake the weirdness that was being with John in person. He was too real, too present, too interested in what I had to say. I felt standoffish and generally not myself."