“Don’t ever grow up to be well-adjusted. Anything but that.”

“Why? What ever could be wrong with being comfortable and settled down?”

“You’ll end up married to a man who only knows some shadow of you and the title of your favourite book. It won’t be enough.”

“You know, passionate people sometimes also do exactly what society expects without losing anything.”

“Sure, but not as passionate as you. Accepted adulthood will be like chewed up gum that loses its sweetness too soon. You’re better suited to erratic madness.”

“It’s funny that everyone would like to believe that they’re the one person who wasn’t cut out to fit the ‘well-adjusted’ mould, but we all saw our edges down to the right kind of smoothness in the end anyway, right?”