Because handsomeness is always accompanied by vanity.And I suppose ugliness is accompanied by a wealth of virtues?

She wanted him to stop, but more than that, she wanted him to go on forever.

Hell was waking up alone, the sheets wet with your tears and your seed, knowing the woman you had dreamed of would never come back to you.

Was parenting ever going to get easier? Did you ever reach a point where you could stop worrying?

I closed my eyes, thinking, Let me love you, Hardy, just let me.

I didn't want to give you the one last part of myself that I couldn't take back. And then you were gone... And I realized it was already yours. It had been since the beginning. Except that I hadn't told you. It drove me mad, the thought that you would never know.

One should make the best choice possible given the circumstances, and then avoid second-guessing for the sake of one's own sanity.