What I’m trying to get at is, as bad as everything seems, I think, at its heart, life is good. It doesn’t throw anything at us that it knows we can’t handle—and, even if it takes its time, it turns everything right side up again.

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.

Forgive yourself, but don't forget

Ghosts don't haunt people--their memories do.

The darkest minds never fade in the afterlight.

Nope," he whispered, when I tried to tug it away. "Mine now.

Never, never, never. I am never going to forget you.