“Because... it'll make everything worse.... If you don't feel-”
“It'll be all right." Julia's gentleness makes it worse. "In the end, Jace.""It doesn't feel very all right.""That's because it's not the end.”
“Maybe that's why people have friends at all. Not because they like them so much but because they don't make them feel so much worse.”
“I don't want to care. If I care about things, it'll just be worse, it'll just be another thing to worry about. It's less painful if I don't care.”
“I'm just not having a very good time and I don't have any reason to think it'll get anything but worse. I'm tired. I'm hurt. I'm sad. I feel used.”
“Don't use such strong words. It'll only make you look weak.”