“Grief stays with a person for a long time.”

“Knowing that time is short is important. Knowing to make the best use of it you can, that's important. Letting those around you know you love them. Because you never know when you'll have to say good-bye.”

“But past events had impressed uponme how fast things could go wrong, and how different life might be after they did.”

“Why wouldn't you talk to us Little Sister? "I tried," Little Sister says. "I did. But my voice was lost in sadness.”

“No matter what she'd done, you have to say..." "You have to say, 'It wouldn't have made a bit if difference.”

“I wanted someone to love who would stay: stay and be there, always.”

“One may do many things in a long life. I also played a great deal of tennis and brought up three children. There's time for all sorts of adventures.”