”The biggest impact anything had on my life was when I realized that I was the only person I know who eats spiders. Since I was 4 years old I believed, and I don't know where this came from, that if I was in a moment of distress or wishful thinking and a spider came across my path, I had the urge to kill it, wrap it up in paper, make a wish and swallow it, believing that in doing so, my wish would come true. This is what fascinates me about religion. Where the fuck did I come up with this ritual? It's inherently beautiful. It's cosmic. It makes me - me. I don't normally tell this secret, and all my wishes have come true. –J. B.”

”2-15-05. Tonight was one of those nights when something memorable happened (actually, I have quite a few of these moments, but this is the most recent). My friends and I are on a committee at our children's elementary school talent show. this bitchy mom decides to critique one of our speakers who mispronounced her child's name. she said, "our name is pronounced Brig-NO-la not Brigno-LIA", so I said "Oh, ok, Areola!!" I guess she was pissed, but we didn't care. We ended up making a song "my name's not Brignola, it's Areola, kiss my asshole-a..." P.S. We did jam to this later at Kildaires. -H.

"The End. The end is so final, when you finally convince yourself it is finally over. The dull pain that has been living inside of you smashes into you like an old delapidated building. you find yourself walking through the rubble, but this time, there is no room for repair. The next building will not have the same shape. The new building willl not have the same structure. I stand at your grave and dig my nails into the freshly thrown dirt. You cannot resurrect the dead. Everything with you was fleeting. –B. M.”

”Meeting my husband had a huge impact on my life. I know this sounds like "oh just another girl who had a man tell her what to do", but this is really not the case! When I first met him I was a bit down on life in general,. I had just dropped out of college and had a crap job. I really had no idea what I wanted to do with my life. All through this, all he did was tell me that I was a special person with many talents. After a while I started to take to heart what he has told me all along. I enrolled at Villanova University and after many years I graduated! I now have a great job and have the self-confidence to do anything. I just bought a great new home and all my dreams are coming true. Without his help, these things would have never happened because I never thought I could do it. He taught me I could do anything I dreamed. He has given me strenght, I never knew the power of true love! -T. D.”