When she needed help most, she was abandoned--and only when she offered help to others was she beloved.

You may exist in this world--but I exist too and I will not yield

I’m a screwed-up person who no longer knows how to communicate with the people I love. But I meant everything I told you in my letter. If I were your Nikki, I would have come back to you on Christmas Day, but I’m not Nikki. I know. And I’m sorry.

I am practicing being kind over being right.

Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly. Literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still possible for us to endure nobly.

Tiffany and I are great friends, and I appreciate all that she is doing for me now. But she is not you. I still love you, Nikki. And you can’t control or alter true love.

People should be nice to you, Leonard. You're a human being. You should expect people to be nice.