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

“Does changing for the better absolve you of all the wicked shit you did before?No. March fills my head like a warm glow. Instead you receive the twin delights of guilt and regret.”

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

“I know just how he feels that it’s come to this. Sometimes, love isn’t enough, even when it’s all you have.”

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

“It’s always been him saving me . . . and I’m not used to that.”

“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.”