'What's that?'
'Fresh starts,' I type back, before I realise that it might be a naff thing to say.
...
'Wherever you go, there you are,' she says.
What does that mean?
'What does that mean?' I type.
'I think it's Buddhist. You'd prefer something about being stuck in your own bell jar? We had to read Plath at my old school. It means fresh starts are fresh for all of twenty-five seconds. Unless you can factor in a brain or personality transplant - there's no such thing as a fresh start. You drag yourself with you wherever you go.'
-Life in Outer Space, Melissa Kiel
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