When a girl cries, few things are more worthless than a boy

Ruby, give me one reason why we can’t be together, and I’ll give you a hundred why we can. We can go anywhere you want. I’m not your parents. I’m not going to abandon you or send you away, not ever.

Clancy had taught me well.

The darkest minds never fade in the afterlight.

I can't do this anymore," I cried, "Why won't you just leave me alone?" Because you would never leave me.

I think maybe the most frustrating feeling in the world is to have something to say buy not know how to put it into words. To have lived through something but not be able to get it out of you before it festers.

Try to imagine where we'd be without you, darlin', and then maybe you'll see just how lucky we got.