...Some people hurt so much they can't take what they need, even when someone wants to give it to them. (106)

What about my rights? What about a person's privacy? Did all that just go to hell after 9/11?

Maybe the trying is the thing. Maybe it doesn't get better than that. Maybe you never quite get there. And maybe that's okay.

There's no original evil left in the world. Everyone's just recycling pain. (257)

The bad things don't seem to happen to bad people.' That's because they already did. There's no original evil left in the world.

My throat tightened, but I held back the tears and reminded myself that withdrawing from a woman is no different than kicking a drug; you feel shaky and you want it, but eventually the need passes, and you feel restored.

...Some people hurt so much they can't take what they need, even when someone wants to give it to them. (106)