Most people think of themselves as individuals, that there's no one on the planet like them. This thought motivates them to get out of bed, eat food ….

There will be birds and if they write your name in the sky then you can get on the buses and if they don't you have to die on the floor..

I would never say snog. I would say osculate." She looks at me as if to say: why do you exist?.

I took a photo of us, mid-embrace. When I am old and alone I will remember that I once held something truly beautiful..

For my last birthday, Dad bought me a pocket-sized Collins English Dictionary. It would only fit in a pocket that had been specially designed..

My mother tells me I do not chew my food enough; she says I am making it harder for my body to get the essential nutrients it needs. If she were here….

After that, we had a short conversation about how your body can sometimes seem totally separate. She said her body can feel like a distant bureaucrac….

I find that the only way to get through life is to picture myself in an entirely disconnected reality..

To us and a wonderful evening of love making..

I find that the only way to get through life is to picture myself in an entirely disconnected reality. I often imagine how people would react to my d….

Depression comes in bouts. Like boxing. Dad is in the blue corner..

That's a big love letter," she says, squinting. I know what I'm going to say and for a moment I wish there was a film crew documenting my day-to-day ….

I don't know if I've come of age, but I'm certainly older now. I feel shrunken, as if there's a tiny ancient Oliver Tate inside me operating the leve….

I love you more than words. And I am a big fan of words..

I was camped at the same site as her: Broughton Farm. She came over to my tent and showed me her blisters. She asked me whether I knew the reason why….

Exercise II. Write a diary, imagining that you are trying to make an old person jealous. I have written an example to get you started: Dear Diary, I ….

Oh diary, I love her, I love her, I love her so much. Jordana is the most amazing person I have ever met. I could eat her. I could drink her blood. S….

I bought a packet of Trojan® Ultra Pleasure Extra Sensitive condoms: ‘No. 1 in AMERICA’. They smell nothing like a positive first sexual experience..

The next thing Jordana says makes me realize that it's too late to save her. "I've noticed that when you light a match, the flame is the same shape a….

Write a diary, imagining that you are trying to make an old person jealous..

I spin around on the swivel chair and look up at the ceiling; Oliver being Oliver being Oliver being Oliver. I am suddenly aware of the separation be….