If I can't be beautiful, I want to be invisible. - Chuck Palahniuk

If you haven’t already noticed, all my books are about a lonely person looking for some way to connect with other people.
In a way, that is the opposite of the American Dream: to get so rich you can rise above the rabble, all those people on the freeway or, worse, the bus.

"A girl calls and asks, "Does it hurt very much to die?"
"Well, sweetheart," I tell her, "yes, but it hurts a lot more to keep living.

The girl is infectious human waste, and she's confused and afraid to commit to the wrong thing and so she won't commit to anything.