“But if you're to be punished regardless if we're caught wouldn't it be better to have done something worth the price?”

“I couldn't help what I'd done before I learned it was wrong. I could only do better in the future.”

“What they don’t know is, no matter how they decide, they can’t penalize me more than I’m already punishing myself.”

“I shake my head, but I can’t change this. I can only bear the scars, as I have always done, as I ever do.”

“We're broken in complementary ways, thus rendering our damage comprehensible to each other.”

“To my mind, modern life just offers too many numbers that we're supposed to keep track of.”

“He’s worth fighting for, but I won’t change who I am for any man. No more than he should alter himself to suit me.”