“I misjudged her, wasn't mature enough to understand how difficult it was for her.”

“...I'd have cheerfully thrown Her Majesty and her hundred pounds of baggage to the curb, but that wasn't mature.~Cat on Annette”

“Maybe Laney's right. Maybe June did love me. But I'm far less certain that she knew I loved her. Did she realise how much I needed her around? It's not like I ever told her. I was too wrapped up in my own world to notice what was going on in hers. Even if she did know, it wasn't enough to count. It wasn't enough to make her stay. So really, what did it matter, in the end?The bottom line is, it's my fault. I didn't love her enough. I didn't do enough. I wasn't enough. There's no excuse. There is nothing that will ever make that okay.”

“you have to understand. i wasn't just thinking of me. i was thinking of her, too.”

“Reading it the night before, I'd wondered if it would be like that for me-if in one moment, I would finally understand her, know her, and understand the role I'd played in her dying. But I wasn't convinced enlightenment struck like lightining.”

“I admire how she protects her energy and understands her limitations.”