Everything she did and love, everything she was, required language.

The well-being of a neuron depends on its ability to communicate with other neurons. Studies have shown that electrical and chemical stimulation from both a neuron's inputs and its targets support vital cellular processes. Neurons unable to connect effectively with other neurons atrophy. Useless, an abandoned neuron will die.

... just because [butterflies'] lives were short didn't mean they were tragic... See, they have a beautiful life.

Take what you've learned and love someone again. Find someone to love and love without condition. This is why we're all here.

I decide I'm not dead because I can hear the sound of the rain hitting the roof of the car. I'm alive because I'm listening to the rain, and the rain becomes the hand of God strumming his fingers on the roof, deciding what to do.

Alice: I miss myself. John: I miss you too, Ali, so much.

I smile, loving him for changing with me, for going where my Neglect has taken us, for getting the new me.