Meaning. If you're going to die, you want to find meaning in life. You want to connect the dots.

I don’t mind the disapproving ones so much. It’s the tolerant ones I can’t stand, the ones who smile at Rose, who speak to her ever so slowly and gently. They don’t realize how very intelligent Rose really is. They’re just terrifically pleased with themselves. Look at me! they all but shout. See how broad-minded I am! How wonderfully progressive, how fantastically twentieth century!

Secrets press inside a person. They press the way water presses at a dam. The secrets and the water, they both want to get out.

Meaning. If you're going to die, you want to find meaning in life. You want to connect the dots.

I hope you don’t mind my joining you,” said Leanne. I minded. After all, she’d tried to kill me. A girl in a novel would say it was hard to believe, but it wasn’t.

It's one thing to keep secrets. It's quite another to lie.

I don't mean to be ungrateful but if someone's out there answering prayers, mine's not at the top of the list