“The thing is you have to fight the whole time. You can't stop. Otherwise you just end up somewhere, bobbing in the middle of a life you never wanted.”

“I would fight for him and against anyone who wouldn't. It wasn't complicated. In the beginning love never is.”

“Anyone you can fool isn't worth loving.”

“Cowards spend their lives alone. Either with people who can't hurt them, or with no one at all.”

“Everything can change, but only with abandon.”

“But one day the "why" arises and everything begins in that weariness tinged with amazement.”

“Nurses are natural kleptos. You don't want to be in a roon without enough supplies, so every time you walk past the med-cart you pocket another saline flush. By the end of the shift you can look like a chipmunk if you're not careful. Some days it's hard to remember that the gum at the end of the grocery aisle isn't there just for you.”