I almost got took by a man in a department store when I was 5 or 6 six years old. He chickened out. I'm still here. I still have the memories though. More of his car than of him. I remember how his car looked speeding away from me. It's always weird to think about now.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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