“Healing, she found, required motion, intention, purpose - the reassurance that life was still worth living.”

“We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot. I grew up and I found my purpose and it was to become a physician. My intent wasn't to save the world as much as to heal myself. Few doctors will admit this, certainly not young ones, but subconsciously, in entering the profession, we must believe that ministering to others will heal our woundedness. And it can. but it can also deepen the wound.”

“We’re set in motion and then we spend our lives maintaining that motion, but to what end? For what purpose?”

“What's the purpose of being with someone if they don't change your life? She said that, and Julio was present when she said it: that life only had purpose if you found someone who changed it, who destroyed your life.”

“They lived in a blurry world, those two, where clear, consistent intentions weren't required.”

“When a man takes a woman for granted, he still looks for reassurance that she is still right there.”