“It’s what you do that counts, not what you consider doing.”

“You don’t know what it’s like to be alone until you’ve had someone inside your head.”

“They say funerals are not for the dead but for the living. Those rites are what permit you to move on, so if you don’t deal with the remains, you can never deal with the memories. That might be true; we may have walked in their dust down on Venice Minor, but it’s not the same as a proper good-bye.”

“It’s easy to do right when everything goes right. But let everything go wrong, and see how difficult it becomes.”

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

“This guilt is a joke, and it’s exhausting to watch you martyr yourself.”

“What you said about the sweetest pain? That fits us.”