“I envy you. Every moment. You can leave me. I cannot leave myself.”

“When Michael pulled away, Eva was beyond shocked to see tears in his eyes."I told myself I would be strong, that I would let you go if you wished it, but I cannot. Stay with me, Eva. Don't leave me.”

“There is one thing you can do. You can resign now. You can refuse to lead it.But I cannot even do that. Cannot leave the man alone. Cannot leave him with that attack in the hands of Hill. Cannot leave because I disagree, because, as he says, it's all in the hands of God. And maybe God really wants it this way. But they will mostly all die. We will lose it here. Even if they get to the hill, what will they have left, what will we have left, all ammunition gone, our best men gone? And the thing is, I cannot even refuse, I cannot even back away, I cannot leave him to fight it alone, they're my people, my boys. God help me, I can't even quit.”

“I’m afraid that, if I let myself feel ecstatic about being with you, then when you leave me, I won’t be able to pull myself back together..”

“They said the moment I fell in love with you was the moment you'd leave.”

“Just leave me alone. I'm not myself. I'm falling apart, and I don't want you here.”