Don't Panic! Female, 32, Engaged. Roma, Italy

"... the bass is massive, invasive; the bass knocks loudly and then just pushes like floodwater into our brains and then is everywhere, forcing out all thinking; it brings ten suitcases and sets up in the master bedroom; it rearranges the furniture; the bass vibrates through our heads, adding a sound track to synapses, to everything stored there, to remembered phone numbers and childhood memories."

"I asked Toph to make her something. He had been making a series of Jesus figurines from colored bakeable clay - Jesus in a tuxedo and cane, mouth open ("Showtunes Jesus"), Jesus with a blond wig and pink woman's suit ("Hillary Jesus"), and Jesus in a white sleeping bag with a red cross atop it ("Sleepover Jesus") complete with a tiny can of itching powder."

"- And we will be ready, at the end of every day will be ready, will not say no to anything, will try to stay awake while everyone is sleeping, will not sleep, will make the shoes with the elves, will breathe deeply all the time, breathe in all the air full of glass and nails and blood, will breathe it and drink it, so rich, so when it comes we will not be angry, will be content, tired enough to go, gratefulli, will shake hands with everyone, bye, bye, and then pack a bag, some snacks, and go to the volcano-"