" I overhear kids in my classes talking about frat parties—Omigod Michelle so lost her phone at the club!—and they sound fun, but I don’t make any friends during college. I don’t have sex, even though I’m supposed to. I write and I study and I daydream myself into a life I’m not sure will ever be possible. And I spend the in-between hours fighting the doubt that inevitably creeps in to remind me of who I am. "

― Kenny Porpora , The Autumn Balloon