“Be careful not to hurt people, they can begin to love you less. The pain you cause can chisel their hearts, until there's nothing left.”

“When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.”

“You can cry until there's nothing wet left in you. You can scream and curse until your throat rebels and ruptures. You can pray all you want, to whatever god you think will listen, and still it makes no difference. It goes on with no sign as to when it might release you, and you know that if it ever did relent, it would not be because it cared. ”

“D’you know what happens when you hurt people?’ Ammu said. ‘When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That’s what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.”

“You ever want to feel powerless? Watch the people you care about being hurt and know there is nothing you can do about it.”

“Cause there's nothing, there's nothing you can teach meThat I can't learn from Mr. Hathaway.”