Every time I told my story, I lost a bit, the smallest drop of pain.

I went to church irregularly and was mostly reading comics in the pew.

Jeżeli dadzą ci papier w linie, pisz w poprzek.

Those who say they would rather fight to the death than be raped are fools. I would rather be raped a thousand times. You do what you have to.

And a soul would run by a living being, touch them softly on the shoulder or cheek, and continue on its way to heaven. The dead are never exactly seen by the living, but many people seem acutely aware of something changed around them. They speak of a chill in the air. The mates of the deceased wake from dreams and see a figure standing at the end of their bed, or in a doorway, or boarding, phantomlike, a city bus.

I wanted to be the moron of the family, because morons seemed to have more fun, more freedom and more personality.