Some things are hard to let go of.

Valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places.

I wish I could say I felt guilty for what I did. I don't.

"I'll be your family now," he says.

Or you can stay frigid," says WIll, his green eyes glinting with mischief. "You know. If you want." Christina throws a roll at him. He catches it and bites it. "Don't be mean to her," she says. "Frigidity is in her nature. Sort of like being a know-it-all is in yours." "I am not frigid!" I exclaim. "Don't worry about it," says Will. It's endearing. Look you're all red.

If I don't survive," I say, "tell Tobias I didn't want to leave him.

If we stay together, I'll have to forgive you over and over again, and if you're still in this, you'll have to forgive me over and over again too. So forgiveness isn't the point. What I really should have been trying to figure out is whether we were still good for each other or not