I don't want to make the same mistake twice. I don't want to tell myself it's over when it's not.

Everyone still deserves to have their say.

If you live in each other's pockets long enough, you're related.

It's just like nurses in a hospital tend to know more than the doctors most of the time; if you really want to get the answers to a question about court, you should spend more time buttering up the clerks than the judges.

But once you throw a stone, there are ripples in the pond, even if you remove the rock.

No," he said calmly, filled with purpose. he took her arms lightly in his hands and shook her. "I am not giving you up." Emily looked at him, and for just a moment he could read her thoughts. Melanie use to say they were like twins, with their own secret, silent language. in that instant, Chris felt her fear and her resignation, and the knotty pain of coming up against a brick wall again and again. She glanced away, and he could breathe again. "The thing is, Chris" Emily said, "it's not your choice.

It doesn't matter what it is that leaves a hole inside you. It just matters that it’s there.