You can't be afraid. You can be sad if you like. You can be angry. But it's the fear that'll freeze you in place.

Real’ is a dirty word in this place.

I'll tell you something about true love. There's no science to it. It's as natural as the sky.

The months fall to shards at my feet.

But instead of tears, when I press my face against the pillow, a horrible, primal scream comes out of me. It's unlike anything I thought myself capable of. Rage, unlike anything I've ever known.

It's best to let her go," he says. No, no, that's wrong. It's never right to give up on someone.

When we're alive, life consumes us. But when we die, all of the color and the motion is gone so quickly, it's as though it can no longer stand to be wasted on us.