“I know an excuse when I hear one. Don't you dare deceive yourself into believing that you're the victim, Derek Novak.”

“Because I don’t believe that you are a slave to what you’ve become. I don’t believe that you simply can’t.”

“You're not a pawn, Sofia. You're the queen.”

“No. In my eyes, she was most beautiful because at a time when she had every right to be terrified, she managed to show comfort to another person who needed it.”

“No one knows we're there, no one sees us. We never leave the room. I think about the secret voice you use when you make love. No one but that person will ever hear it. And here, we listen to each other, but we lock it in with touch, and the room vacuum seals it to stay fresh until we can breathe together again. When he breaks the silence it is to say, "I want you to know that, when you get pregnant, nothing is going to change except your dress size.”

“I still believe that you truly find yourself not in travel, but in other human souls.”

“You don't need to know what you're escaping from to become a fugitive.”