“but it was also something in Sandy herself, an unwillingness to allow anything more to upset the realm of her understanding.”

“She understands enough of what is going on. She understands that he wants to save her, more than anything in the world. She understands what he understands, that if only he could save her, he could save himself. She understands also that she loves him, and as she stays inside his helpless stare, she knows that fate is something she has to steer herself.”

“Humility is not just something we develop so we can claim to be more spiritual. It also allows you to see your actions more clearly.”

“She'd never have allowed herself to be held by anything as mundane as a few bars and a reinforced door”

“She tried to allow herself only one biting remark an hour, and she had already overstepped her allowance.”

“She didn't have to be offered anything; it was already hers. She was more herself than anyone else ever was and as soon as I clapped eyes on her I knew I wanted to be myself just as much as she was herself.”